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List of spaceflight launches in January-June 2024
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This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2024.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the second half of 2024, see List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024.
Orbital launches
| Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) |
Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
| Remarks | |||||||
January | |||||||
| 1 January 03:40[1] |
 PSLV-DL
|
C58 | Satish Dhawan FLP
|
ISRO
| |||
| XPoSat
|
ISRO / RRI | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | In orbit | Operational | ||
| The POEM-3 non-deployable platform was hosted on the fourth stage. | |||||||
| 3 January 03:44[2] |
 Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 7-9 | Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 21
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Six of the 21 satellites on this mission carried the first batch of Starlink Direct-to-Cell transponders. | |||||||
| 3 January 23:04[5] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
F9-287 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||
 Ovzon-3
|
Ovzon | Geosynchronous | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| First commercial satellite with Roll Out Solar Array that were deployed on 10 January 2024.[3][4] | |||||||
| 5 January 11:20[6] |
 Kuaizhou 1A
|
Y28 | Jiuquan LS-95A
|
ExPace
| |||
| Tianmu-1 15–18
|
Xiyong Microelectronics | Low Earth (SSO) | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 7 January 22:35:40[7] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 6-35 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 23
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 8 January 07:18:38[10] |
Vulcan Centaur VC2S
|
Cert-1 V-001 |
Cape Canaveral SLC-41
|
ULA
| |||
| Peregrine
|
Astrobotic Technology | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar lander | 18 January 20:59[11] |
Spacecraft failure | ||
| Iris[12]
|
Astrobotic Technology CMU | TLI to lunar surface | CubeRover | Precluded | |||
 Colmena × 5[12]
|
UNAM | TLI to lunar surface | Lunar rover | Precluded | |||
| Maiden flight of the Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle. Vulcan is the first methane fueled rocket to reach orbit on its first attempt, and the first to reach orbit from the US.[8] Celestis Enterprise was hosted on the Centaur V of this Mission. Lunar landing abandoned due to excessive propellant leak from the Peregrine lander.[9] | |||||||
| 9 January 07:03[13] |
Long March 2C
|
2C-Y30 | Xichang LC-3
|
CASC
| |||
 Einstein Probe
|
CAS / ESA | Low Earth | X-ray astronomy | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 11 January 03:52[14] |
Kuaizhou 1A
|
Y24 | Jiuquan LS-95A
|
ExPace
| |||
| Tianxing-1 02
|
CAS | Low Earth (SSO) | Space environment observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 11 January 05:30[15] |
Gravity-1
|
Y1 | DeFu-15002 platform, Yellow Sea
|
Orienspace
| |||
| Yunyao-1 (18-20)
|
CGSTL | Low Earth | Meteorology | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Maiden flight of the Gravity-1 launch vehicle. | |||||||
| 12 January 04:44:26[16] |
 H-IIA 202
|
F48 | Tanegashima LA-Y1
|
MHI
| |||
| IGS-Optical 8
|
CSICE | Low Earth (SSO) | Reconnaissance | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 14 January 08:59:30[17] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 7-10 | Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 22
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 15 January 01:52[17] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 6-37 | Cape Canaveral SLC-40
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 23
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 17 January 14:27:30[18] |
Long March 7
|
Y8 | Wenchang LC-2
|
CASC
| |||
| Tianzhou 7
|
CMSA | Low Earth (TSS) | Space logistics | In orbit | Docked to TSS | ||
| ⚀ Nanjing (Baiyi-08)[19]
|
NJIT | Low Earth | Education | In orbit | Awaiting deployment | ||
| Sixth Tianzhou resupply cargo flight to the Tiangong space station. | |||||||
| 18 January 21:49:11[21] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
F9-291 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Ax-3
|
SpaceX / Axiom Space | Low Earth (ISS) | Private spaceflight | 9 February 13:30 |
Successful | ||
| Axiom Mission 3, launching on Crew Dragon. 14-day commercial flight of four astronauts to the ISS.[20] | |||||||
| 20 January 06:28[22] |
 Qaem 100
|
Shahroud Space Center
|
IRGC
| ||||
| Soraya
|
ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| First successful orbital flight of Qaem 100. | |||||||
| 23 January 04:03[23] |
Kinetica 1
|
Y3 | Jiuquan LS-130
|
CAS Space
| |||
| Taijing-1-03
|
MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Taijing-2-02
|
MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Taijing-2-04
|
MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Taijing-3-02
|
MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| Taijing-4-03
|
MinoSpace | Low Earth (SSO) | Earth observation | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 24 January 00:35[24] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 7-11 | Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 22
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 28 January 00:02[25][26] |
Simorgh
|
Semnan LP-2
|
ISA
| ||||
| Mahda
|
ISA | Low Earth | Technology demonstration | In orbit | Operational | ||
| ⚀ Hatef-1
|
ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| ⚀ Keyhan-2
|
ISA | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| First successful orbital flight of Simorgh. | |||||||
| 29 January 01:10:00[24] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 6-38 | Kennedy LC-39A
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 23
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||
| 29 January 05:57:20[24] |
Falcon 9 Block 5
|
Starlink Group 7-12 | Vandenberg SLC-4E
|
SpaceX
| |||
| Starlink × 22
|
SpaceX | Low Earth | Communications | In orbit | Operational | ||