Space history timeline
1,272 records
2020s
50 records
2020
Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b
Ariane 5ECA+ launched on the Galaxy 30/MEV2/BSAT-4b flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELA3. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-11 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-11
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-11 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Gao Fen 9-05 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gao Fen 9-05
Chang Zheng 2D launched on the Gao Fen 9-05 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
SAOCOM-1B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SAOCOM-1B
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SAOCOM-1B flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
I Can't Believe It's.. — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: I Can't Believe It's..
Electron launched on the I Can't Believe It's.. flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
SSMS — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SSMS
Vega (1) launched on the SSMS flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ZLV. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-12 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-12
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-12 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
CSSHQ — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: CSSHQ
Chang Zheng 2F (T) launched on the CSSHQ flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/91. Launch vehicle success.
Gao Fen 11-02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gao Fen 11-02
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Gao Fen 11-02 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Jilin-1 03B/03C — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Jilin-1 03B/03C
Chang Zheng 11 (H) launched on the Jilin-1 03B/03C flight from Huang Hai CZ-11 launch zone, pad LP2. Launch vehicle success.
Hai Yang 2-03 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Hai Yang 2-03
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Hai Yang 2-03 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B
Chang Zheng 4B launched on the Huanjing Jianzai 02A/B flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC9. Launch vehicle success.
Gonets-M Blok 16 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gonets-M Blok 16
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Gonets-M Blok 16 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-13 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-13
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-13 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Gao Fen 13 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gao Fen 13
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Gao Fen 13 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
Founding nations sign the Artemis Accords
The United States and seven other founding nations signed the Artemis Accords.
Soyuz MS-17 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Soyuz MS-17
Soyuz-2-1A launched on the Soyuz MS-17 flight from GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan, pad LC31. Launch vehicle success.
Starlink-14 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-14
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-14 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
OSIRIS-REx collects a Bennu sample
Category: Mission Operations and Milestones, type: Sample collection
Mission: OSIRIS-REx
The spacecraft touched Bennu’s surface and collected rock and dust.
Starlink-15 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-15
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-15 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Glonass-K No. 15L — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Glonass-K No. 15L
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Glonass-K No. 15L flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 30 07 zu — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 30 07 zu
Chang Zheng 2C launched on the Yaogan 30 07 zu flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.
In Focus — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: In Focus
Electron launched on the In Focus flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
GPS III SV-04 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: GPS III SV-04
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the GPS III SV-04 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
Nusat 9-18 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Nusat 9-18
Chang Zheng 6 launched on the Nusat 9-18 flight from Taiyuan weixing fashe zhongxin, pad LC16. Launch vehicle success.
EOS-01 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: EOS-01
PSLV-DL launched on the EOS-01 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad FLP. Launch vehicle success.
Tiantong-1 02 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Tiantong-1 02
Chang Zheng 3B (G2) launched on the Tiantong-1 02 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC2. Launch vehicle success.
USA 310 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: USA 310
Atlas V 531 (G) launched on the USA 310 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC41. Launch vehicle success.
Dragon Crew-1 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon Crew-1
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon Crew-1 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Return To Sender — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Return To Sender
Electron launched on the Return To Sender flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
Sentinel-6 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Sentinel-6
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Sentinel-6 flight from South Vandenberg AFB, California, pad SLC4E. Launch vehicle success.
Chang'e-5 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Chang'e-5
Chang'e 5 was the fifth lunar exploration mission in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program of CNSA, and China's first lunar sample-return mission.
Starlink-16 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Starlink-16
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Starlink-16 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
DRS-1/ODRS — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: DRS-1/ODRS
H-IIA 202 (1) launched on the DRS-1/ODRS flight from Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon, pad Y. Launch vehicle success.
Chang'e 5: lunar landing
Category: Mission Operations and Milestones, type: Landing
Mission: Chang'e 5
Moon landing.
FalconEye 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: FalconEye 2
Soyuz-ST-A (Fregat) launched on the FalconEye 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.
Gonets-M Blok 17 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gonets-M Blok 17
Soyuz-2-1B (Fregat) launched on the Gonets-M Blok 17 flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC43/4. Launch vehicle success.
Gao Fen 14 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Gao Fen 14
Chang Zheng 3B (G5) launched on the Gao Fen 14 flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC3. Launch vehicle success.
Dragon CRS-21 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Dragon CRS-21
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the Dragon CRS-21 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
Hayabusa2 capsule recovered in Australia
Category: Returns and Mission Endings, type: Sample return
Mission: Hayabusa2
JAXA recovered the Ryugu sample-return capsule in the Woomera area.
GECAM A/B — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: GECAM A/B
Chang Zheng 11 launched on the GECAM A/B flight from Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China, pad LC4. Launch vehicle success.
USA 311 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: USA 311
Delta 4H (A) launched on the USA 311 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad SLC37B. Launch vehicle success.
SXM-7 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: SXM-7
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the SXM-7 flight from Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida, pad LC40. Launch vehicle success.
IPM — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: IPM
Angara A5 launched on the IPM flight from 1-y Gosudarstvenniy Ispitatelniy Kosmodrom MO RF, pad LC35/1. Launch vehicle success.
The Owl's Night Begins — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: The Owl's Night Begins
Electron launched on the The Owl's Night Begins flight from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Onenui Station, Mahia Peninsula, pad LC1A. Launch vehicle success.
CMS-01 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: CMS-01
PSLV-XL launched on the CMS-01 flight from Satish Dhawan Space Ctr, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, India, pad SLP. Launch vehicle success.
USA 312/USA 313 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: USA 312/USA 313
Falcon 9 (FT5) launched on the USA 312/USA 313 flight from NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, pad LC39A. Launch vehicle success.
XJY 7 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: XJY 7
Chang Zheng 8 launched on the XJY 7 flight from Wenchang Space Center, Hainan, pad LC201. Launch vehicle success.
Yaogan 33 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: Yaogan 33
Chang Zheng 4C launched on the Yaogan 33 flight from Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China, pad LC43/94. Launch vehicle success.
CSO 2 — launch
Category: Launches and Flight Tests, type: Orbital launch
Mission: CSO 2
Soyuz-ST-A (Fregat) launched on the CSO 2 flight from Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, Guyane Francaise, pad ELS. Launch vehicle success.