May. Orbital launches

Vyacheslav Ermolin, May 31, 2021.

Orbital launches in 2021. January-May.





Current statistics of orbital launches in 2021.  As of May 31, 2021.
Current statistics of orbital launches in 2021. As of May 31, 2021.

May - USA, China, Russia. 10 launches. One accident. Launched 279 spacecraft. Lost 2 satellites.





Orbital launches:





  • A month has passed under the sign of "Internet from Orbit": four (!) Starlink missions and one OneWeb. 268 LEO satellite.





  • Six out of ten for the United States.





  • Electron booster crash, USA.





  • Launch of the first cargo ship Tianzhou-2 to the new Chinese orbital station.





■ 2021-038: 4 . . Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink L25



Starlink-25 — 60 . Starlink v1.0. Starlink SpaceX.





■ 2021-039: 6 . . CZ-2C | Yaogan-30-08



. «-30». «-12» IoT.





■ 2021-040: 9 . Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink L27



Starlink-27 — 60 . m Starlink v1.0. Starlink SpaceX.





■ 2021-F02: 15 . . Electron | Running Out of Toes



«Running Out of Toes». BlackSky Spaceflight Inc. . Rocket Lab Electron (). . . .





■ 2021-041: 15 . . Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink L26



Starlink-26 — 52 . m Starlink v1.0. Starlink SpaceX. : Capella Whitney 4 Tyvak-0130.





■ 2021-042: 18 . . SBIRS GEO-5 | Atlas V 421



. SBIRS-5 - . . USA Space Force.





■ 2021-043: 19 . . CZ-4B | Haiyang 2D



Haiyang-2. (, , , ). .





■ 2021-044: 26 . . Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink L28



Starlink-28 — 60 . m Starlink v1.0. Starlink SpaceX.





■ 2021-045: 28 . . 2.1/ | OneWeb F7



36 OneWeb Launch#7. Flight ST32 Arianespace. « » OneWeb. .





■ 2021-046: 29 . . CZ-7 Y3 | TZ-2



Tianzhou-2 — (CSS). Tianhe. ( ). . . ( ). . CSS: - 2021.





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Maximum forecast (unofficial) for 2021.
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