Photos: All Orbital Launches of 2015

December 29, 2015 Patrick Blau 5 Views Photos

The year 2015 saw 87 orbital launch attempts from spaceports across the globe – 84 missions reached orbit and 82 orbital launches were declared successful. Here are photos of all of 2015’s space launches.

Falcon 9 with Dragon CRS-7 – Credit: SpaceX

Atlas V with MUOS 3 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Delta II with SMAP – Credit: NASA

H-IIA with IGS Radar Spare – Credit: Asahi

Proton-M with Inmarsat 5-F2 – Credit: Roscosmos

Safir with Fajr – Credit: Iranian Ministry of Defence

Vega with IXV – Credit: ESA

Falcon 9 with DSCOVR – Credit: NASA Kennedy

Soyuz U with Progress M-26M – Credit: Tsenki

Soyuz 2-1A with Bars-M – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Falcon 9 with ABS-3A and Eutelsat 115 West B – Credit: SpaceX

Atlas V with 4 MMS Spacecraft – Credit: NASA

Proton-M with Ekspress AM-7 – Credit: Roscosmos

Delta IV with GPS IIF-9 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Dnepr with Kompsat-3A – Credit: Kosmotras

H-IIA with IGS Optical 5 – Credit: MHI

Soyuz FG with Soyuz TMA-16 and three crew members – Credit: Tsenki

Soyuz ST-B with two Galileo Satellites (FM-3 & 4) – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

PSLV with IRNSS-1D – Photo: ISRO

Long March 3C with Beidou-3-I1S – Credit: Xinhua

Rockot with 3 Gonets Satellites – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Falcon 9 with Dragon CRS-6 – Credit: SpaceX

Ariane 5 VA222 with Thor-7 and Sicral 2 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Falcon 9 with TukmenÄlem 52E – Photo: SpaceX

Soyuz 2-1A with Progress M-27M (Failure) – Credit: Roscosmos

Proton-M with MexSat-1 (Failure) – Credit: Roscosmos

Atlas V with X-37B OTV-4 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Ariane 5 VA223 with DirecTV-15 and SKY Mexico 1 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Soyuz 2-1A with Kobalt-M No. 10 – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Vega with Sentinel-2A – Credit: ESA

Soyuz 2-1B with Persona-1 No. 3 – Credit: Roscosmos

Long March 4B with Gaofen-8 – Credit: Xinhua

Falcon 9 with Dragon CRS-7 (Failure) – Credit: SpaceX

Soyuz U with Progress M-28M – Credit: Roscosmos

PSLV with 3 DMC3 satellites – Credit: ISRO

Atlas V with GPS IIF-10 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Ariane 5 VA224 with Meteosat 11 & Star One C4 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Soyuz FG with Soyuz TMA-17M – Credit: NASA

Delta IV with WGS-7 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Long March 3B with Beidou-3M 1S & 2S – Credit: Xinhua

H-IIB with H-II Transfer Vehicle 5 – Credit: JAXA

Ariane 5 VA225 with Intelsat 34 and Eutelsat 8 West B – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Long March 4C with Yaogan 27 – Credit: Xinhua

GSLV Mk. II with GSAT-6 – Credit: ISRO

Proton-M with Inmarsat 5-F3 – Credit: Tsenki

Soyuz FG with Soyuz TMA-18M and three crew members – Credit: ESA

Atlas V with MUOS 4 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Soyuz ST-B with two Galileo Satellites (FM-5 & 6) – Credit: ESA

Long March 3B with Experimental Communications Satellite – Credit: Xinhua

Long March 2D with Gaofen 9 – Credit: Xinhua

Proton-M with Ekspress AM-8 – Credit: Tsenki

Long March 4 Debut Launch – Credit: Xinhua

Rockot with three Rodnik Satellites – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Long March 11 Maiden Launch – Photo via Weibo/9ifly.cn

PSLV with AstroSat and Secondary Payloads – Credit: ISRO

Long March 3B with Beidou-3I2S – Credit: Xinhua

Ariane 5 VA226 with Sky Muster and ARSAT-2 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Soyuz U with Progress M-29M – Credit: RSC Energia

Atlas V with Morelos 3 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Long March 2D with Jilin-1 and others – Credit: Xinhua

Atlas V with NROL-55 and CubeSats – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Long March 3B with Apstar-9 – Credit: Xinhua

Proton-M with Turksat-4B – Credit: Roscosmos

Long March 2d with Tianhui 1-03 – Credit: Xinhua

Atlas V with GPS IIF-11 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Long March 3B with ChinaSat-2C – Credit: Xinhua

Super Strypi with HiakaSat and others (Failure) – Credit: University of Hawaii

Long March 4B with Yaogan 28 – Credit: Xinhua

Ariane 5 VA227 with Badr-7 and GSAT-15 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Soyuz 2-1B with EKS No.1 – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Long March 3B with LaoSat-1 – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

H-IIA with Telstar 12V, first commercial launch – Credit: JAXA

Long March 4C with Yaogan 29 – Credit: Xinhua

Vega with LISA Pathfinder – Credit: ESA

Soyuz 2-1v with Kanopus ST (Failure) – Credit: Russian Ministry of Defence

Atlas V with Cygnus OA-4 – Credit: United Launch Alliance

Long March 3B with ChinaSat-1C – Credit: Xinhua

Zenit-3SLBF with Elektro-L No. 2 – Credit: Roscosmos

Proton-M with Garpun No. 12L – Credit: Roscosmos

Soyuz FG with Soyuz TMA-19M and three Crew Members – Credit: ESA

PSLV with TeLEOS-1 and others – Credit: ISRO

Long March 2D with Wukong – Credit: Xinhua

Soyuz ST-B with two Galileo Satellites (FM-8 & 9) – Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace

Soyuz 2-1A with Progress MS – Credit: Tsenki

Falcon 9 FT with 11 Orbcomm 2nd Generation Satellites – Credit: SpaceX

Proton-M with Ekspress AMU-1 – Credit: Roscosmos

Long March 3B with Gaofen-4 – Credit: Xinhua

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