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{{Infobox Year in spaceflight
| year = 2003
| image = 中国空间站建造“1+1=1”1.png
| caption = Launch of [[Shenzhou 5]], the first Chinese human spaceflight mission, this mission has made China the 3rd country to have independent [[human spaceflight]] capability after the USSR and the US.
| first = 11 January
| last = 29 December
| total = 63
| success = 60
| failed = 3<!--includes STS -- does this count as an outright or partial launch failure-->
| partial = 0
| catalogued = 61
| maidens = [[Atlas V]] 521<br />[[Delta II]] Heavy<br />[[Delta IV]] Medium<br />[[Strela (rocket)|Strela]]
| retired = [[Ariane 4]] 44L<br />[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5G]]<br />{{OV|102}}<br />[[Titan 23G]]
| orbital = 4
| totalcrew = 13
| firstsat = {{GRE}}<br />{{NGA}}
| firsttrav = {{flagicon|PRC}} [[People's Republic of China|China]]<br />{{ISR}}
}}
{{Infobox spaceflight
| programme          = [[Timeline of spaceflight]]
| previous_mission   = [[2002 in spaceflight|2002]]
| next_mission       = [[2004 in spaceflight|2004]]
}}

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This article outlines notable events occurring in '''2003 in spaceflight''', including major launches and [[Extravehicular activity|EVAs]].

== Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ==
{{Excerpt |Space Shuttle Columbia disaster |only=paragraph |paragraph=1}}
{{Gallery
|title=Final ''Columbia'' mission
|width=240 | height=185
|align=float-left
|File:STS-107-launch2.jpg
 |{{OV|102}} launches on its last mission, [[STS-107]].
|STS-107 Columbia entry imaged from ground.jpg
 |{{OV|102|full=no}} at approximately 13:57 UTC<ref name="survivalreport">{{cite web |author1=Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |author1-link=Johnson Space Center |title=Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090002404/downloads/20090002404.pdf#page=91 |website=NTRS - NASA Technical Reports Server |access-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515133926/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20090002404/downloads/20090002404.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2021 |location=[[Houston, Texas]] |date=January 2009 |url-status=live |page=91 }}</ref> on 1 February. Debris is starting to come off from the left wing.
}}

== First human spaceflight mission from China ==
{{Excerpt |Shenzhou 5 |only=paragraph}}

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==Orbital launches==
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|colspan=8|

===January===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 January |time=14:19
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Titan 23G]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}[[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]] [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4|SLC-4W]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}[[Lockheed Martin]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Coriolis (satellite)|Coriolis]]
  |user=[[United States Air Force|US Air Force]]
  |orbit=[[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]
  |function=Technology development
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=13 January |time=00:45
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta II]] 7320-10C
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 2|SLC-2W]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}[[Boeing IDS]]
|remarks = Laser reliability issues limited ICESat operations. ICESat deactivated in February 2010 following failure of last laser in October 2009.
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[ICESat]]
  |user=[[NASA]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=[[Oceanography]]
  |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure
  |d-date=30 August 2010
  |d-time=09:00<ref name="cords-icesat">{{cite web |title=Icesat Satellite |url=http://reentrynews.aero.org/2003002a.html |website=Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies |publisher=The Aerospace Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513033735/http://reentrynews.aero.org/2003002a.html |archive-date=13 May 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[CHIPSat]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=[[Astrophysics]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=16 January |time=20:39
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}{{OV|102}}
|site={{flagicon|USA}}[[Kennedy Space Center]] [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC-39A]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}[[United Space Alliance]]
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 7 [[astronaut]]s, including the first Israeli space traveler<br />Final flight of Space Shuttle ''Columbia'', [[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|disintegrated]] during re-entry resulting in [[Space accidents and incidents|loss of crew and vehicle]].
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[STS-107]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Research
  |outcome=Failure
  |o-span=3
  |d-date=1 February
  |d-time=13:59
  |d-span=3
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Spacehab|Spacehab-RDM]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth (''Columbia'')
  |function=Microgravity and Earth science research
  |o-span=inherit
  |d-span=inherit
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Extended Duration Orbiter|EDO Pallet]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth (''Columbia'')
  |function=Cryogenic mission duration extension pallet
  |o-span=inherit
  |d-span=inherit
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 January |time=20:13
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus-XL]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}[[Stargazer (aircraft)|''Stargazer'']], [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbital Sciences Corporation|Orbital Sciences]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[SORCE]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=investigate [[total solar irradiance]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=29 January |time=18:06
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17|SLC-17B]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=XSS-10 deactivated 30 January 2003
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[GPS satellite|GPS IIR-8]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-166]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=[[Medium Earth orbit|Medium Earth]]
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[XSS-10]]
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Technology demonstration
  |outcome=Successful
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===February===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 February |time=12:59
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-U]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}[[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] [[Gagarin's Start|Site 1/5]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Federal Space Agency|Roskosmos]]
|remarks=ISS flight 10P
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress M-47]]
  |user=[[Russian Federal Space Agency|Roskosmos]]
  |orbit=Low Earth ([[International Space Station|ISS]])
  |function=Logistics
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=27 August
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=15 February |time=07:00
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}[[Ariane 4]] 44L
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}[[Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] [[ELA-2]]
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}[[Arianespace]]
|remarks=Final flight of Ariane 4 44L
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|UN}}[[Intelsat 907]]
  |user=[[Intelsat]]
  |orbit=[[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]]
  |function=[[Communications satellite|Communications]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===March===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=11 March |time=00:59
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Delta IV]] Medium
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37|SLC-37B]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=Maiden flight of Delta IV Medium
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Defense Satellite Communications System|DSCS III A-3]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-167]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=28 March |time=01:27
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}[[H-IIA]] 2024
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]] [[Yoshinobu Launch Complex|LA-Y1]]
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}
|remarks = IGS-1B lost power in 2007, and concluded operations after just over half of its design life<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceflight101.com/igs-1b-re-entry.html|title=IGS 1B Re-Entry|publisher=Spaceflight 101|date=31 July 2012|first=Patrick|last=Blau|access-date=21 August 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028184221/http://www.spaceflight101.com/igs-1b-re-entry.html|archive-date=28 October 2012}}</ref>
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Information Gathering Satellite|IGS-1A]]
  |user=[[Japanese Government]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date = 18 July 2014
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Information Gathering Satellite|IGS-1B]]
  |user=Japanese Government
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure
  |d-date = 26 July 2012
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=31 March |time=22:09
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17|SLC-17A]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[GPS satellite|GPS IIR-9]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-168]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Medium Earth
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===April===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=2 April |time=01:53
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Molniya-M]]
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 16|Site 16/2]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Russian Space Forces|VKS]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Molniya (satellite)|Molniya 1-92]]
  |user=VKS
  |orbit=[[Molniya orbit|Molniya]]
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 April |time=14:43
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Titan IV|Titan IVB]] (401)/[[Centaur (rocket stage)|Centaur]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40|SLC-40]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Milstar|Milstar 6]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-169]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=9 April |time=22:52
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}[[Ariane 5|Ariane 5G]]
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou [[ELA-3]]
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|IND}}[[Indian National Satellite System|INSAT 3A]]
  |user=[[ISRO]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Galaxy 12]]
  |user=[[PanAmSat]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 April |time=00:47
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas III|Atlas IIIB]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Spaceport Florida Launch Complex 36|SLC-36B]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}[[International Launch Services]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[AsiaSat 4]]
  |user=[[AsiaSat]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 April |time=03:53
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz-FG]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 2 cosmonauts
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz TMA-2]]
  |user=Roskosmos
  |orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
  |function=ISS [[Expedition 7]]
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=28 October
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 April |time=04:23
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Proton-K]]/[[Block D|DM-2]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81|Site 81/24]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2397]]
  |user=VKS
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Missile warning
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 April |time=12:00
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}''Stargazer'', Cape Canaveral
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[GALEX]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=[[Ultraviolet astronomy]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===May===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 May |time=11:28
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}[[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV]]
|site={{flagicon|IND}}[[Satish Dhawan Space Center|Satish Dhawan]] FLP
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|IND}}[[GSAT-2]]
  |user=ISRO
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=9 May |time=04:29
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}[[M-V]]
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Uchinoura Space Center|Uchinoura]]
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}
|remarks=Explored asteroid [[1998 SF36]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Hayabusa]] (MUSES-C)
  |user=[[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science|ISAS]]
  |orbit=[[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]]
  |function=[[Asteroid]] sample-return probe
  |outcome=Partial spacecraft failure
  |d-date=13 June 2010
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Hayabusa#MINERVA mini-lander|MINERVA]]
  |user=ISAS
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Asteroid lander
  |outcome=Spacecraft failure
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 May |time=22:10
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas V]] 401
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41|SLC-41]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|remarks=First Greek satellite
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|GRE}}[[HellasSat 2]]
  |user=[[Hellas-Sat]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=24 May |time=16:34
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 3A]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Xichang Satellite Launch Center|Xichang]]
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Beidou 2A]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===June===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=2 June |time=17:45
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG/[[Fregat]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31|Site 31/6]]
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Starsem]]
|remarks=Maiden flight of Soyuz-FG/Fregat<br />Beagle 2 failed to contact Earth after landing on Mars
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name=[[File:European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]][[Mars Express]]
  |user=[[European Space Agency|ESA]]
  |orbit=[[Areocentric orbit|Areocentric]]
  |function=[[Mars]] probe
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[File:European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]]{{flagicon|United Kingdom}}[[Beagle 2]]
  |user=ESA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Mars lander
  |outcome=Spacecraft failure
  |d-date=25 December 2003
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=4 June |time=19:23
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos-3M]]
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 132|Site 132/1]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2398]]
  |user=[[MO RF]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=6 June |time=22:15
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/[[Briz-M]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200|Site 200/39]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[AMC-9]]
  |user=[[SES Americom]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 June |time=10:34
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=ISS flight 11P
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress M1-10]]
  |user=Roskosmos
  |orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
  |function=Logistics<br />Earth observation
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=3 October
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=10 June |time=13:55
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}[[Zenit-3SL]]
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}[[Ocean Odyssey]]
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}[[Sea Launch]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|UAE}}[[Thuraya 2]]
  |user=[[Thuraya]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPl=2
|date=10 June |time=17:58
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Spirit rover|Spirit (MER-A/MER-2)]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Mars rover
  |outcome=Operational
  |d-date=4 January 2004
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Mars Exploration Rover|Spirit lander]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Mars lander
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=4 January 2004
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=11 June |time=22:38
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|AUS}}[[Optus fleet of satellites|Optus C1]]
  |user=[[Optus]]/[[Australian Government]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[BSAT-2C]]
  |user=[[Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation|BSAT]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=19 June |time=20:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Molniya-M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43|Site 43/3]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Molniya (satellite)|Molniya 3-53]]
  |user=VKS
  |orbit=Molniya
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 June |time=18:55
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}''Stargazer'', Vandenberg
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|remarks=Ceased operations on 4 March 2007 after camera malfunction
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Orbview 3]]
  |user=[[Orbview]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Imaging
  |outcome=Satellite failure
  |d-date=3 March 2011
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=12
|date=30 June |time=14:15
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Rokot]]/[[Briz-M|Briz-KM]]
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}[[Eurockot Launch Services|Eurockot]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|CZE}}[[MIMOSA]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date = 18 December 2011
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[DTUSat]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|CAN}}[[Microvariability and Oscillations of STars telescope|MOST]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Space telescope
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Cute-I]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[QuakeSat]]
  |user=[[Stanford University]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Earth observation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[AAU-Cubesat]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Can X-1]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Cubesat XI]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Cubesat XII]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Cubesat XIII]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Cubesat XIV]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Monitor-E]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
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===July===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=8 July |time=04:18
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925H
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|remarks=Maiden flight of Delta II Heavy
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Opportunity rover|Opportunity (MER-B/MER-1)]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Mars rover
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Mars Exploration Rover|Opportunity lander]]
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=Mars lander
  |outcome=Successful
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 July |time=23:45
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas V 521
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|remarks=Maiden flight of Atlas V 521
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Rainbow-1]]
  |user=[[Cablevision]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===August===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=8 August |time=03:31
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Echostar 9]] (Telstar 13)
  |user=[[EchoStar]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=12 August |time=14:20
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|remarks=Film capsule failed to deorbit
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2399]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |outcome=Failure
  |d-date=9 December
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=13 August |time=02:09
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Pegasus-XL
|site={{flagicon|USA}}''Stargazer'', Vandenberg
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Orbital Sciences
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|CAN}}[[SCISAT-1]]
  |user=[[Canadian Space Agency|CSA]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Atmospheric research
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=19 August |time=10:50
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2400]] ([[Strela (satellite)|Strela 3]])
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2401]] (Strela 3)
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=22 August |time=16:30
|rocket={{flagicon|BRA}}[[VLS-1]] |flight=[[VLS-1 V03|V03]]
|site={{flagicon|BRA}}[[Alcântara Launch Center|Alcântara]]
|LSP={{flagicon|BRA}}[[Brazilian Space Agency]]
|remarks=[[Solid rocket booster]] ignition 3 days before the launch resulted in the catastrophic explosion, destroying the launch pad and killing 21 people. VLS-1 never had a new attempt and its development was extinguished in 2016.
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|BRA}}[[Satélite Tecnológico|SATEC]]
  |user=[[National Institute for Space Research|INPE]]
  |orbit=Intended: Low Earth
  |function=Launch vehicle evaluation
  |outcome=Precluded
  |d-time=Never left ground
  |o-span=2
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|BRA}}[[UNOSAT (satellite)|UNOSAT]]
  |user=[[National Institute for Space Research|INPE]]
  |orbit=Intended: Low Earth
  |function=
  |o-span=inherit
  |d-time=Never left ground
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=25 August |time=05:35
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7920H
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Spitzer Space Telescope]] (SIRTF)
  |user=NASA
  |orbit=Heliocentric
  |function=[[Infrared astronomy]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 August |time=01:47
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-U
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=ISS flight 12P
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Progress M-48]]
  |user=Roskosmos
  |orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
  |function=Logistics
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=28 January 2004
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 August |time=23:13
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta IV Medium
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-37B
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Defense Satellite Communications System|DSCS III B-6]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-170]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
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===September===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 September |time=04:29
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan IVB (401)/Centaur
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks=[[List of NRO launches|NROL-26]] mission.
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[List of USA satellites|USA-171]] / [[Orion (satellite)|Orion 5]] 
  |user=[[National Reconnaissance Office|NRO]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=[[ELINT]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=16 September
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Kaituozhe-1]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|remarks=Fourth stage failed to ignite
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[PS-2 (satellite)|PS-2]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Intended: Low Earth
  |function=[[miniaturized satellite|Microsat]]
  |outcome=Launch failure
  |d-date=16 September
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=7
|date=27 September |time=06:11
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Kosmos-3M
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk Site 132/1
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|remarks=NigeriaSat-1 is the first Nigerian satellite
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Mozhaets-4]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|NGA}}[[NigeriaSat-1]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|UK}}[[UK-DMC]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|TUR}}[[BILSAT-1]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Larets]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|ROK}}[[STSat-1]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[Rubin-4-DSI]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=27 September |time=23:14
|rocket={{flagicon|FRA}}Ariane 5G
|site={{flagicon|FRA}}Kourou ELA-3
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}Arianespace
|remarks=Final flight of Ariane 5G
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|FRA}}[[Eurobird 3]]
  |user=[[Eutelsat]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|IND}}[[Indian National Satellite System|INSAT 3E]]
  |user=ISRO
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Successful<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/after-10-years-in-orbit-insat3e-expires/article5859974.ece|title=After 10 years in orbit, INSAT-3E expires|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 April 2014|last1=S|first1=Madhumathi D.|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107112151/http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/after-10-years-in-orbit-insat3e-expires/article5859974.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name=[[File:European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]][[SMART-1]]
  |user=ESA
  |orbit=[[Selenocentric orbit|Selenocentric]]
  |function=[[Moon|Lunar]] probe
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=27 September 2006
  |d-time=05:42:22
  }}
}}
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===October===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=1 October |time=04:02
|rocket={{flagicon|UKR}}Zenit-3SL
|site={{flagicon|NOR}}Ocean Odyssey
|LSP={{flagicon|UN}}Sea Launch
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}{{flagicon|USA}}[[Galaxy 13]] (Horizons 1)
  |user=PanAmSat
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=15 October |time=01:00
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 2F]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]]
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 1 astronaut ([[Yang Liwei]]), first Chinese space traveller and indigenous crewed spaceflight
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Shenzhou 5]]
  |user=[[China Manned Space Agency|CMSA]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=15 October
  |d-time=22:53
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Shenzhou spacecraft]] [[orbital module]]
  |user=[[China Manned Space Agency|CMSA]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=30 May 2004
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=17 October |time=04:54
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}[[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV]]
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Satish Dhawan FLP
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}ISRO
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|IND}}[[RESOURCESAT-1]] (IRS-P6)
  |user=ISRO
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Earth observation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 October |time=05:38
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 1/5
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}Roskosmos
|remarks=Crewed orbital flight with 3 cosmonauts
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Soyuz TMA-3]]
  |user=Roskosmos
  |orbit=Low Earth (ISS)
  |function=ISS [[Expedition 8]]
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=30 April 2004
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 October |time=16:17
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Titan 23G/[[Star 37]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg SLC-4W
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Lockheed Martin
|remarks=Final flight of Titan 23G
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Defense Meteorological Satellite Program|DMSP 5D-2]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-172]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Weather satellite
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=21 October |time=03:16
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 4B]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Taiyuan
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Zi Yuan 1-2]] (CBERS-2)
  |user=CAAC/INPE
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Earth resources
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Chuangxin-1]]
  |user=[[Chinese Academy of Sciences|CAS]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=30 October |time=13:43
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Rockot/Briz-KM
|site={{flagicon|RUS}}Plesetsk [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 133|Site 133]]
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}Eurockot
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[SERVIS-1]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
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===November===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=3 November |time=07:20
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 2D]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Jiuquan
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Fanhui Shi Weixing|FSW-18]] (FSW-3)
  |user=[[Shanghai Academy of Space Technology|SAST]]
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Imaging
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=18 December
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=14 November |time=16:34
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}Long March 3A
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Zhongxing 20]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=24 November |time=06:22
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/[[Block D|DM-2M]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81|Site 81/23]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Yamal-201]]
  |user=[[Gazprom]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Yamal 202]]
  |user=Gazprom
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=29 November |time=04:33
|rocket={{flagicon|JPN}}H-IIA 2024
|site={{flagicon|JPN}}Tanegashima LA-Y1
|LSP={{flagicon|JPN}}
|remarks=SRB failed to separate. Destroyed by RSO.
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Information Gathering Satellite|IGS-2A]]
  |user=Japanese Government
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |outcome=Launch failure
  |o-span=2
  |d-time=T+60 seconds
  |d-span=2
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|JPN}}[[Information Gathering Satellite|IGS-2B]]
  |user-Japanese Government
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Reconnaissance
  |o-span=inherit
  |d-span=inherit
  }}
}}
|colspan=8|

===December===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=2
|date=2 December |time=10:04
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}[[Atlas II|Atlas IIAS]]
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Vandenberg [[Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3|SLC-3E]]
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}
|remarks=[[List of NRO satellites|NRO launch 18]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[Naval Ocean Surveillance System|NOSS-3]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-173]])
  |user=NRO
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Naval [[SIGINT]]
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}NOSS-3 (USA-173)
  |user=NRO
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=Naval SIGINT
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=5 December |time=06:00
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Strela (rocket)|Strela]]
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 175|Site 175]]
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|remarks=Maiden flight of Strela rocket
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Gruzomaket]]
  |user=
  |orbit=Low Earth
  |function=[[Boilerplate (spacecraft)|Boilerplate]]
  |outcome=Successful
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=3
|date=10 December |time=17:42
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/Briz-M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 81/24
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2402]] ([[GLONASS]])
  |user=[[KNITs]]
  |orbit=Medium Earth
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2403]] (GLONASS)
  |user=KNITs
  |orbit=Medium Earth
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}{{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Kosmos 2404]] (GLONASS)
  |user=KNITs
  |orbit=Medium Earth
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=18 December |time=02:30
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Atlas IIIB
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-36B
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}{{flagicon|USA}}International Launch Services
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[UHF Follow-On satellite|UHF F/O F11]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-174]])
  |user=[[United States Navy|US Navy]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=21 December |time=08:05
|rocket={{flagicon|USA}}Delta II 7925-9.5
|site={{flagicon|USA}}Cape Canaveral SLC-17A
|LSP={{flagicon|USA}}Boeing IDS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|USA}}[[GPS satellite|GPS IIR-10]] ([[List of USA satellites|USA-175]])
  |user=US Air Force
  |orbit=Medium Earth
  |function=Navigation
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=27 December |time=21:30
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Soyuz-FG/Fregat
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 31/6
|LSP={{flagicon|FRA}}{{flagicon|RUS}}Starsem
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|ISR}}[[AMOS-2]]
  |user=[[Spacecom]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=28 December |time=20:37
|rocket={{flagicon|RUS}}Proton-K/DM-2M
|site={{flagicon|KAZ}}Baikonur Site 200/39
|LSP={{flagicon|RUS}}VKS
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|RUS}}[[Ekspress AM22]]
  |user=[[Russian Satellite Communications Company|RSCC]]
  |orbit=Geosynchronous
  |function=Communications
  |outcome=Operational
  }}
}}
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 December |time=19:06
|rocket={{flagicon|PRC}}[[Long March 2C]]
|site={{flagicon|PRC}}Xichang
|LSP={{flagicon|PRC}}
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|PRC}}[[File:European_Space_Agency_logo.svg|23px]][[Double Star Mission|Tan Ce 1]] (Double Star 1)
  |user=CNSA/ESA
  |orbit=[[High Earth orbit|High Earth]] (High-[[Orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]])
  |function=[[Magnetosphere]] research
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=14 October 2007
  }}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2003}}

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===January===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=9 January |time=03:17
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}[[Agni-I (missile)|Agni-I]]
|site={{flagicon|IND}}[[Balasore]] IC-4
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}[[IDRDL]]
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |user=IDRDL
  |orbit=[[Sub-orbital spaceflight|Suborbital]]
  |function=Missile test
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=9 January
  }}
}}
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|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=26 March |time=06:00
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}[[Prithvi (missile)|Prithvi-2]]
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Balasore
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}IDRDL
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |user=IDRDL
  |orbit=Suborbital
  |function=Missile test
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=26 March
  }}
}}
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===April===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date=29 April |time=05:50
|rocket={{flagicon|IND}}Prithvi-2
|site={{flagicon|IND}}Balasore
|LSP={{flagicon|IND}}IDRDL
|payload={{TLS-PL
  |user=IDRDL
  |orbit=Suborbital
  |function=Missile test
  |outcome=Successful
  |d-date=29 April
  }}
}}
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===December===
|-
{{TLS-RL|NoPL=1
|date = 24 December
|time=
|rocket = {{flagicon|TWN}}[[Sky Bow II|Taiwan Sounding Rocket]]
|flight=Sounding Rocket III
|site = {{flagicon|TWN}}[[Manjhou, Pingtung|Jiu Peng Air Base]]
|LSP = {{flagicon|TWN}}[[National Space Organization (Republic of China)|NSPO]]
|remarks = Apogee: {{convert|abbr=on|265|km|0}}<ref name="AA">{{Cite journal |last=Chern |first=Jeng-Shing |last2=Wu |first2=Bill |last3=Chen |first3=Yen-Sen |last4=Wu |first4=An-Ming |date=2012 |title=Suborbital and low-thermospheric experiments using sounding rockets in Taiwan |journal=Acta Astronautica |volume=70 |pages=159–164 |doi=10.1016/j.actaastro.2011.07.030 |issn=0094-5765}}</ref>
|payload = {{TLS-PL
  |name={{flagicon|TWN}}[[Trimethylaluminium|TMA]] release experiment
  |user = NSPO
  |function = Ionospheric research
  |orbit= Suborbital
  |outcome = Successful
  |d-date = 24 December
  |d-time=T+508 seconds
  }}
}}
|}
{{TLS-M|2003}}

==Deep Space Rendezvous==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" width="100%"
|-
!Date ([[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]])
!Spacecraft
!Event
!Remarks
|-
|19 June || [[Nozomi (probe)|Nozomi]] || 3rd flyby of the Earth
|-
|21 September || [[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]] || Deorbited into the [[Jupiter|Jovian]] atmosphere
|-
|9 December || Nozomi || Flyby of [[Mars]] || Damaged by solar flares
|-
|24 December || [[Beagle 2]] || Crashed at [[Isidis Planitia]], Mars
|-
|24 December || [[Mars Express]] || [[Areocentric orbit]] injection
|}

==EVAs==
{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
|-
!Start Date/Time
!Duration
!End Time
!Spacecraft
!Crew
!Function
!Remarks
|-
|15 January<br />12:50
|6 hours<br />{{nowrap|51 minutes}}
|19:41
|{{nowrap|[[Expedition 6]]}}<br />[[International Space Station|ISS]] ''[[Quest Joint Airlock|Quest]]''
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Ken Bowersox|Kenneth Bowersox]]}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}[[Donald Pettit]]}}
|Released the remaining launch locks on the [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1.2C S1 trusses|P1]] radiator assembly, removed debris on a sealing ring of [[Unity (ISS module)|''Unity'']]'s docking port, and tested an ammonia reservoir on the station's [[Integrated Truss Structure#P6.2C S6 trusses|P6]] truss.<ref name="six1">{{Cite web|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp6/eva/index.html|title=Expedition Six Spacewalks|access-date=7 October 2008|publisher=NASA|year=2003|author=NASA| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081005101010/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp6/eva/index.html| archive-date= 5 October 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
|
|-
|8 April<br />12:40
|6 hours<br />{{nowrap|26 minutes}}
|19:06
|{{nowrap|Expedition 6}}<br />ISS ''Quest''
|{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}Kenneth Bowersox}}<br />{{nowrap|{{flagicon|USA}}Donald Pettit}}
|Reconfigured cables on the [[Integrated Truss Structure#S0 truss|S0 (S-Zero)]], [[Integrated Truss Structure#P1.2C S1 trusses|S1]] and P1 trusses, replaced a Power Control Module on the [[Canadarm2#Mobile Base System|Mobile Transporter]], installed Spool Positioning Devices on [[Destiny (ISS module)|''Destiny'']], and reinstalled a thermal cover on an S1 Radiator Beam Valve Module.<ref name="six1"/>
|
|}

==Orbital launch statistics==
===By country===
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.
{{Pie chart
| radius = 120
| legend = false
| thumb = left
| [ 
 {"value":230, "color":"#484785", "label": "United States: 23 (35.94%)"},
 {"value":210, "color":"#a52a2a", "label": "Russia: 21 (32.81%)"},
 {"value":70, "color":"#ff0000", "label": "China: 7 (10.94%)"},
 {"value":40, "color":"#318ce7", "label": "France: 4 (6.25%)"},
 {"value":30, "color":"#ffffff", "label": "Japan: 3 (4.69%)"},
 {"value":30, "color":"#ffd700", "label": "Ukraine: 3 (4.69%)"},
 {"value":20, "color":"#ff9933", "label": "India: 2 (3.12%)"},
 {"value":10, "color":"#009c3b", "label": "Brazil: 1 (1.56%)"},
]
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! colspan=2 | Country
! Launches
! Successes
! Failures
! Partial <br /> failures
|-
! scope=row style="background:#009c3b;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{BRA}}  
|  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#ff0000;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{CHN}}  
|  7 ||  6 ||  1 ||  0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#318ce7;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}  
|  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#ff9933;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{IND}}  
|  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#ffffff;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}  
|  3 ||  2 ||  1 ||  0
|- 
! scope=row style="background:#a52a2a;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{RUS}} 
| 21 || 21 ||  0 ||  0
|- 
! scope=row style="background:#ffd700;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{UKR}} 
|  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0
|-
! scope=row style="background:#484785;" | || style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}}  
| 23 || 22 ||  1 ||  0
|- class="sortbottom"
! colspan="2" |  World   || {{sum|1|7|4|2|3|21|3|23}} || {{sum|0|6|4|2|2|21|3|22}} || {{sum|1|1|0|0|1|0|0|1}} || {{sum|0|0|0|0|0|0|0}}
|}
{{clear}}

===By rocket===
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 990
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group  1 =  1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Ariane 4 -->
| group  2 =  3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Ariane 5 -->
| group  3 = 0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Atlas II -->
| group  4 = 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Atlas III -->
| group  5 = 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Atlas V -->
| group  6 = 0:0: 7:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Delta II -->
| group  7 = 0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Delta IV -->
| group  8 = 0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- H-IIA -->
| group  9 = 0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Long March 2 -->
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Long March 3 -->
| group 11 = 0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Long March 4 -->
| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Pegasus -->
| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Molniya-M -->
| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Soyuz-U -->
| group 15 = 0:0:0:0:0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Soyuz-FG -->
| group 16 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0 <!-- Kosmos-3M -->
| group 17 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0 <!-- Titan 23G -->
| group 18 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0 <!-- Titan IV -->
| group 19 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5:0:0 <!-- Proton-K -->
| group 20 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0 <!-- Rokot -->
| group 21 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0 <!-- Strela -->
| group 22 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 3:0 <!-- Zenit-3SL -->
| group 23 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 5 <!-- Others -->
| colors = DodgerBlue : MediumBlue : DarkGoldenrod : Sienna : Goldenrod : LightSteelBlue : SteelBlue : Olive : FireBrick : IndianRed : Salmon : LightSeaGreen : DarkSlateGrey : Grey : DarkGrey : DarkTurquoise : SaddleBrown : Chocolate : Peru : Wheat : RosyBrown : Orchid : LightGrey
| group names = [[Ariane 4]] : [[Ariane 5]] : [[Atlas II]] : [[Atlas III]] : [[Atlas V]] : [[Delta II]] : [[Delta IV]] : [[H-IIA]] : [[Long March 2]] : [[Long March (rocket family)#Variants|Long March 3]] : [[Long March (rocket family)#Variants|Long March 4]] : [[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus]] : [[Molniya-M]] : [[Soyuz-U]] : [[Soyuz-FG]] : [[Kosmos-3M]] : [[Titan 23G]] : [[Titan IV]] : [[Proton-K]] : [[Rokot]] : [[Strela (rocket)|Strela]] : [[Zenit-3SL]] : [[Comparison of orbital launch systems|Others]]
| x legends = [[Ariane (rocket family)|Ariane]] : [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]] : [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]] : [[List of H-II and H3 launches|H-II]] : [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]] : [[Pegasus (rocket)|Pegasus]] : [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7]] : [[R-14 Chusovaya|R-14]] : [[Titan (rocket family)|Titan]] : [[Universal Rocket]] : [[Zenit (rocket family)|Zenit]] : [[Comparison of orbital launch systems|Others]]
| units suffix = _launches
}}

====By family====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center
|-
!Family
!Country
!Launches
!Successes
!Failures
!Partial failures
!Remarks
|-
|align=left| [[Ariane (rocket family)|Ariane]] ||align=left| {{FRA}}         ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas (rocket family)|Atlas]]   ||align=left| {{USA}}         ||  5 ||  5 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta (rocket family)|Delta]]   ||align=left| {{USA}}         ||  9 ||  9 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV]] ||align=left| {{IND}} ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[List of H-II and H3 launches|H-II]] ||align=left| {{JPN}}     ||  2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kaituozhe (rocket family)|Kaituozhe]] ||align=left| {{CHN}}   ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March (rocket family)|Long March]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||  6 ||  6 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Mu (rocket family)|Mu]]                 ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Northrop Grumman Pegasus|Pegasus]]      ||align=left| {{USA}} ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV]]   ||align=left| {{IND}} ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[R-7 (rocket family)|R-7]]               ||align=left| {{RUS}} || 10 || 10 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[R-14 Chusovaya|R-14]]                   ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Space Shuttle]]                         ||align=left| {{USA}} ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||align=left|[[Space Shuttle Columbia disaster|''Columbia'' disintegrated on reentry]]
|-
|align=left| [[Titan (rocket family)|Titan]]           ||align=left| {{USA}} ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Universal Rocket]]                      ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||  8 ||  8 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Zenit (rocket family)|Zenit]]           ||align=left| {{UKR}} ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|}

====By type====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style=text-align:center
|-
!Rocket
!Country
!Family
!Launches
!Successes
!Failures
!Partial failures
!Remarks
|-
|align=left| [[Ariane 4]]  ||align=left| {{FRA}} ||align=left| Ariane ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Ariane 5]]  ||align=left| {{FRA}} ||align=left| Ariane ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas II]]  ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas  ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas III]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas  ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas V]]   ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas  ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta II]]  ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta  ||  7 ||  7 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta IV]]  ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta  ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle|GSLV]] ||align=left| {{IND}} ||align=left| GSLV ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[H-IIA]]     ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||align=left| H-II   ||  2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kaituozhe (rocket family)#Kaituozhe-1|Kaituozhe-1]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Kaituozhe ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kosmos (rocket family)|Kosmos]]   ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| R-12/R-14 ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 2]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March (rocket family)#Variants|Long March 3]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March (rocket family)#Variants|Long March 4]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Molniya (rocket)|Molniya]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| R-7     ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[M-V]]          ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||align=left| Mu          ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Northrop Grumman Pegasus|Pegasus]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Pegasus ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle|PSLV]] ||align=left| {{IND}} ||align=left| PSLV ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Proton (rocket family)|Proton]]   ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Universal Rocket ||  5 ||  5 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Soyuz (rocket family)|Soyuz]]     ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| R-7              ||  8 ||  8 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Space Shuttle]]             ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Space Shuttle ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Titan II#Titan II launch vehicle|Titan II]]     ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Titan      ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Titan IV]]     ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Titan      ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[UR-100#As a space launcher|UR-100]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Universal Rocket ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Zenit (rocket family)|Zenit]]     ||align=left| {{UKR}} ||align=left| Zenit            ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|}

====By configuration====
{|class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!Rocket
!Country
!Type
!Launches
!Successes
!Failures
!Partial failures
!Remarks
|-
|align=left| [[Ariane 4#Design|Ariane 4 44L]] ||align=left| {{FRA}} ||align=left| Ariane 4 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Ariane 5#Variants|Ariane 5G]] ||align=left| {{FRA}} ||align=left| Ariane 5 ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas II#Atlas IIAS|Atlas IIAS]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas II ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas III|Atlas IIIB]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas III ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas V#Versions|Atlas V 401]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas V ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Atlas V#Versions|Atlas V 521]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Atlas V ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Maiden flight
|-
|align=left| [[Delta II|Delta II 7320-10C]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta II ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta II|Delta II 7920H]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta II ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta II|Delta II 7925H]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta II ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta II|Delta II 7925–9.5]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta II ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Delta IV#Delta IV Medium|Delta IV Medium]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Delta IV ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Maiden flight
|-
|align=left| [[Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle#GSLV Mark I|GSLV Mk I]] ||align=left| {{IND}} ||align=left| GSLV ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[H-IIA#Variants|H-IIA 2024]] ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||align=left| H-IIA ||  2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kaituozhe (rocket family)#Kaituozhe-1|Kaituozhe-1]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Kaituozhe-1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kosmos-3M]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Kosmos ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 2C]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March 2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 2D]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March 2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 2F]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March 2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 3A]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March 3 ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Long March 4B]] ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||align=left| Long March 4 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Molniya-M]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Molniya ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[M-V]] ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||align=left| M-V ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Northrop Grumman Pegasus|Pegasus-XL]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Pegasus ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle#PSLV-G|PSLV-G]] ||align=left| {{IND}} ||align=left| PSLV ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Proton-K]] / [[Blok D#Variants|DM-2]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Proton ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Proton-K]] / [[Briz (rocket stage)#Briz-M|Briz-M]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Proton ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Rokot]] / [[Briz (rocket stage)#Briz-K and Briz-KM|Briz-KM]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| UR-100 ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Soyuz-U]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Soyuz ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Soyuz-FG]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Soyuz ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Soyuz-FG]] / [[Fregat]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| Soyuz ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Space Shuttle]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Space Shuttle ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Strela (rocket)|Strela]] ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||align=left| UR-100 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Maiden flight
|-
|align=left| [[Titan 23G]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Titan II ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Titan 23G]] / [[Star (rocket stage)#Star 37|Star 37]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Titan II ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Titan IV#Titan IV-B|Titan IV-B (401B)]] / [[Centaur (rocket stage)#Centaur-T (Titan IV)|Centaur]] ||align=left| {{USA}} ||align=left| Titan IV ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left|Final flight
|-
|align=left| [[Zenit-3SL]] ||align=left| {{UKR}} ||align=left| Zenit ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|}

===By spaceport===
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 850
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 =  1:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Alcântara -->
| group 2 = 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Jiuquan -->
| group 3 = 0: 2:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Taiyuan -->
| group 4 = 0: 3:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Xichang -->
| group 5 = 0:0: 4:0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Kourou -->
| group 6 = 0:0:0: 2:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Satish Dhawan -->
| group 7 = 0:0:0:0: 3:0:0:0:0 <!-- Ocean Odyssey -->
| group 8 = 0:0:0:0:0: 2:0:0:0 <!-- Tanegashima -->
| group 9 = 0:0:0:0:0: 1:0:0:0 <!-- Uchinoura -->
| group 10 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:14:0:0 <!-- Baikonur -->
| group 11 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 7:0 <!-- Plesetsk -->
| group 12 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:16 <!-- Cape Canaveral -->
| group 13 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 1 <!-- Kennedy -->
| group 14 = 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0: 6 <!-- Vandenberg -->
| colors = Green : FireBrick : Crimson : LightCoral : MediumBlue : Orange : Aquamarine : MediumPurple : Plum : LightSeaGreen : SteelBlue : Blue : DodgerBlue : SkyBlue
| group names = [[Alcântara Launch Center|Alcântara]] : [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]] : [[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]] : [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center|Xichang]] : [[Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]] : [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]] : [[Ocean Odyssey]] : [[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]] : [[Uchinoura Space Center|Uchinoura]] : [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]] : [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]] : [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] : [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]] : [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]]
| x legends = Brazil : China : France : India : International waters : Japan : Kazakhstan : Russia : United States
| units suffix = _launches
}}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|-
!Site
!Country
!Launches
!Successes
!Failures
!Partial failures
!Remarks
|-
|align=left| [[Alcântara Launch Center|Alcântara]]               ||align=left| {{BRA}} ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Baikonur Cosmodrome|Baikonur]]                    ||align=left| {{KAZ}} || 14 || 14 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] ||align=left| {{USA}} || 16 || 16 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left| Two launches used [[Stargazer (aircraft)|''Stargazer'']] aircraft
|-
|align=left| [[Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center|Jiuquan]]         ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Kennedy Space Center|Kennedy]]                    ||align=left| {{USA}} ||  1 ||  0 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Guiana Space Centre|Kourou]]                      ||align=left| {{FRA}} ||  4 ||  4 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Ocean Odyssey]]      ||align=left| {{flagicon|UN}} International waters ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome|Plesetsk]]                    ||align=left| {{RUS}} ||  7 ||  7 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan]]        ||align=left| {{IND}} ||  2 ||  2 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center|Taiyuan]]         ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||  2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Tanegashima Space Center|Tanegashima]]            ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||  2 ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Uchinoura Space Center|Uchinoura]]                ||align=left| {{JPN}} ||  1 ||  1 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg]]            ||align=left| {{USA}} ||  6 ||  6 ||  0 ||  0 ||align=left| Two launches used [[Stargazer (aircraft)|''Stargazer'']] aircraft
|-
|align=left| [[Xichang Satellite Launch Center|Xichang]]         ||align=left| {{CHN}} ||  3 ||  3 ||  0 ||  0 ||
|- class="sortbottom"
!colspan=2|Total                                                                       !! 64 !! 60 !!  4 !!  0 !!
|}

===By orbit===
{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 400
| stack = 1
| group 1 =   0:0:0:0:0:0 <!-- Transatmospheric-->
| group 2 =  0:21:0:0:0:0 <!-- LEO-->
| group 3 =  0: 5:0:0:0:0 <!-- LEO (ISS) -->
| group 4 =  0: 0:0:0:0:0 <!-- LEO (SSO) -->
| group 5 =  0: 0:0:0:0:0 <!-- LEO (retro)-->
| group 6 =  0:0: 6:0:0:0 <!-- MEO, including Molniya orbits-->
| group 7 =  0:0:0:23:0:0 <!-- GSO/GTO -->
| group 8 =  0:0:0: 0:0:0 <!-- IGSO -->
| group 9 =  0:0:0:0: 1:0 <!-- HEO -->
| group 10 =  0:0:0:0:0: 5 <!-- Helio -->
<!-- INSTRUCTIONS: Do not change the groups and legends, just update launch counts in the correct columns -->
| colors = DeepSkyBlue: Navy : MediumBlue : RoyalBlue : DodgerBlue : LightSeaGreen : SaddleBrown : Peru : Black: Gold
| group names = Transatmospheric : Low Earth : Low Earth (ISS) : Low Earth (SSO) : Low Earth (retrograde) : Medium Earth : Geosychronous<br />(transfer) : Inclined GSO : High Earth : Heliocentric
| x legends = Transatmospheric : [[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]] : [[Medium Earth orbit|Medium Earth]] : [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]] / [[Geosynchronous transfer orbit|transfer]] : [[High Earth orbit|High Earth]] : [[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]]
| units suffix = _launches
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
|-
! Orbital regime
! Launches
! {{tooltip|Successes|At least one payload was placed in the target orbital regime}}
! Failures
! Accidentally<br />achieved
! Remarks
|-
|align=left|Transatmospheric                                                                         ||  0 ||  0 || 0 || 0 ||
|-
|align=left|[[Low Earth orbit|Low Earth]]                                                            || 29 || 26 || 3 || 0 ||align=left|5 to ISS
|-
|align=left| [[Medium Earth orbit|Medium Earth]] / [[Molniya orbit|Molniya]]                         ||  6 ||  6 || 0 || 0 || 
|-
|align=left| [[Geosynchronous orbit|Geosynchronous]] / [[Geosynchronous transfer orbit|GTO]]         || 23 || 23 || 0 || 0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[High Earth orbit|High Earth]] / [[Trans-lunar injection|Lunar transfer]]              ||  1 ||  1 || 0 || 0 ||
|-
|align=left| [[Heliocentric orbit|Heliocentric]] / [[Hohmann transfer orbit|Planetary transfer]]     ||  5 ||  5 || 0 || 0 ||
|- class="sortbottom"
!Total                                                                                               !! 64 !! 61 !! 3 !! 0 !!
|}

==References==
{{TLS-R}}

===Footnotes===
{{Reflist}}
<br />
{{TLS-L|year=2003|nav=on|state=expanded}}
{{Orbital launches in 2003}}

[[Category:2003 in spaceflight| ]]
[[Category:Spaceflight by year]]