2014 in spaceflight explained

Year:	2014
First:	5 January
Last:	31 December
Total:	92
Success:	88
Failed:	2
Partial:	2
Catalogued:	90
Firstsat:
Maidens:	Angara A5 Antares 120 Antares 130 Long March 3C/E
Retired:	Antares 120 Antares 130
Orbital:	4
Totalcrew:	12
Evas:	7

Programme:	Timeline of spaceflight
Previous Mission:	2013
Next Mission:	2015

In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.

A total of 92 orbital launches were attempted in 2014, of which 88 were successful, two were partially successful and two were failures. The year also saw seven EVAs by ISS astronauts. The majority of the year's orbital launches were conducted by Russia, the United States and China, with 34, 23 and 16 launches respectively.

Overview

An Ariane 5 ES launched the Georges Lemaître Automated Transfer Vehicle, the last one of the series, which also marked 60 successfully completed Ariane 5 launches in a row.

On 22 August 2014, Arianespace launched the first two Full Operational Capability Galileo satellites for the European satellite navigation system.

A number of significant events in planetary exploration occurred in 2014, including the entry of the Rosetta spacecraft into orbit around the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in August 2014 and the deployment of the Philae lander to its surface in November, which marked the first orbit of and landing on a comet, respectively, and featured prominently in social media. Another notable occurrence was the entry of India's Mars Orbiter Mission into Martian orbit in September, making India the first Asian nation to reach Mars.

On 5 December 2014, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy launched the first Orion spacecraft test mission for NASA, Exploration Flight Test 1.

Orbital launches

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March

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April

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June

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July

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August

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September

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November

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December

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Suborbital flights

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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. For example, Soyuz launches by Arianespace in Kourou are counted under Russia because Soyuz-2 is a Russian rocket.

Country		Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
		16	16	0	0
		7	7	0	0
		4	4	0	0
		1	1	0	0
		4	4	0	0
		34	31	1	2	Includes four European Soyuz launches from Kourou, French Guiana by Arianespace
		3	3	0	0	Zenit and Dnepr rockets were launched from Russia
		23	22	1	0
World		92	88	2	2

By rocket

By family

Family	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Angara		1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Antares		3	2	1	0
Ariane		6	6	0	0
Atlas		9	9	0	0
Delta		5	5	0	0
Falcon		6	6	0	0
		1	1	0	0
H-II		4	4	0	0
Kuaizhou		1	1	0	0
		15	15	0	0
		3	3	0	0
R-7		22	21	0	1
R-36		2	2	0	0
Shavit		1	1	0	0
Universal Rocket		11	9	1	1
Vega		1	1	0	0
Zenit		1	1	0	0

By type

Rocket	Country	Family	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Angara A5		Angara	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Antares		Antares	3	2	1	0
Ariane 5		Ariane	6	6	0	0
Atlas V		Atlas	9	9	0	0
Delta II		Delta	1	1	0	0
Delta IV		Delta	4	4	0	0
Dnepr		R-36	2	2	0	0
Falcon 9		Falcon	6	6	0	0
		GSLV	1	1	0	0
Kuaizhou 1		Kuaizhou	1	1	0	0
H-IIA		H-II	4	4	0	0
Long March 2		Long March	6	6	0	0
		Long March	2	2	0	0
		Long March	7	7	0	0
Proton		Universal Rocket	8	6	1	1
		PSLV	3	3	0	0
Shavit		Shavit	1	1	0	0
Soyuz		R-7	8	8	0	0
Soyuz-2		R-7	14	13	0	1
UR-100		Universal Rocket	3	3	0	0
Vega		Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit		Zenit	1	1	0	0

By configuration

Rocket	Country	Type	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
		Angara A5	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Antares 120		Antares	2	2	0	0
Antares 130		Antares	1	0	1	0	Maiden flight
Ariane 5 ECA		Ariane 5	5	5	0	0
Ariane 5 ES		Ariane 5	1	1	0	0
Atlas V 401		Atlas V	7	7	0	0
Atlas V 541		Atlas V	2	2	0	0
Delta II 7320		Delta II	1	1	0	0
		Delta IV	3	3	0	0
Delta IV Heavy		Delta IV	1	1	0	0
Dnepr		Dnepr	2	2	0	0
Falcon 9 v1.1		Falcon 9	6	6	0	0
		GSLV	1	1	0	0	First successful launch
H-IIA 202		H-IIA	4	4	0	0
Kuahzhou 1		Kuaizhou 1	1	1	0	0
Long March 2C		Long March 2	4	4	0	0
Long March 2D		Long March 2	2	2	0	0
Long March 3A		Long March 3	1	1	0	0
Long March 3C/E		Long March 3	1	1	0	0	Maiden flight
Long March 4B		Long March 4	4	4	0	0
Long March 4C		Long March 4	3	3	0	0
Proton-M / Briz-M		Proton	8	6	1	1
		PSLV	1	1	0	0
		PSLV	2	2	0	0
Rokot / Briz-KM		UR-100	2	2	0	0
Shavit-2		Shavit	1	1	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a or ST-A		Soyuz-2	3	3	0	0
Soyuz-2.1a or ST-A / Fregat-M		Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
Soyuz-2.1b or ST-B		Soyuz-2	2	2	0	0
		Soyuz-2	4	4	0	0
		Soyuz-2	3	2	0	1
Soyuz-FG		Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Soyuz-U		Soyuz	4	4	0	0
Strela		UR-100	1	1	0	0
Vega		Vega	1	1	0	0
Zenit-3SL		Zenit	1	1	0	0

By spaceport

Site	Country	Launches	Successes	Failures	Partial failures	Remarks
Baikonur		21	19	1	1
		16	16	0	0
Dombarovsky		2	2	0	0
		8	8	0	0
Kourou		11	10	0	1
MARS		3	2	1	0
Ocean Odyssey	International waters	1	1	0	0
Palmachim		1	1	0	0
Plesetsk		9	9	0	0
		4	4	0	0
		6	6	0	0
Tanegashima		4	4	0	0
Vandenberg		4	4	0	0
		2	2	0	0
Total		92	88	2	2

By orbit

Orbital regime	Launches	Achieved	Not achieved	Accidentally achieved	Remarks
Transatmospheric	1	1	0	0	Deployed into a transatmospheric orbit via low and medium Earth orbits
Low Earth	49	48	1	0	14 to ISS (1 failure)
Medium Earth / Molniya	12	12	0	0
	28	27	1	0
High Earth / Lunar transfer	1	1	0	0
	1	1	0	0
Total	92	90	2	0

References

Footnotes

Notes and References

News: K.S. . Jayaraman . NASA's Deep Space Network to Support India's Mars Mission . 28 June 2013 . Space.com . 2013-06-30.
Web site: The mission. LuxSpace. 11 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140913012839/http://moon.luxspace.lu/the-mission/. 13 September 2014. dead.
Web site: ISS Daily Summary Report – 01/27/14 . ISS On-Orbit Status Report . . 2014-01-27 . Keeter . Bill . https://web.archive.org/web/20231019150242/https://blogs.nasa.gov/stationreport/2014/01/27/iss-daily-summary-report-012714/ . 2023-10-19 . live . 2023-10-19.
Web site: Astronauts Complete Short Spacewalk to Replace Backup Computer. NASA. 2014-04-23. 2014-04-24.
Web site: Astronauts completed speedy EVA to replace failed EXT-2 MDM. Pete Harding. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-04-23. 2014-04-24.
Web site: Spacewalkers Complete Installation and Experiment Work. NASA. 2014-06-19. 2014-06-20.
Web site: EVA-38: Frustration morphs into success during Russian spacewalk. David Štula. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-06-19. 2014-06-20.
Web site: Station Spacewalkers Deploy Nanosatellite, Install and Retrieve Science. NASA. 2014-08-18. 2014-08-18.
Web site: Russian spacewalkers successfully complete science-oriented EVA. David Štula and Chris Bergin. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-08-18. 2014-08-18.
Web site: Wiseman and Gerst Complete First Spacewalk of Expedition 41. NASA. 2014-10-07. 2014-10-08.
Web site: EVA-27: Astronaut duo complete US spacewalk outside ISS. Pete Harding. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-10-07. 2014-10-08.
Web site: Station Spacewalkers Replace Power Regulator, Move Equipment. NASA. 2014-10-15. 2014-10-15.
Web site: American duo complete EVA to prepare ISS for commercial crew. Pete Harding. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-10-15. 2014-10-15.
Web site: Cosmonauts Complete Third October Spacewalk. NASA. 2014-10-22. 2014-10-22.
Web site: Russian EVA-40 concludes final ISS spacewalk of 2014. David Štula. NASASpaceflight.com. 2014-10-24. 2014-10-24.