2015 in spaceflight
In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.
Highlights from spaceflight in 2015 | |
| Orbital launches | |
|---|---|
| First | 10 January |
| Last | 28 December |
| Total | 87 |
| Successes | 82 |
| Failures | 4 |
| Partial failures | 1 |
| Catalogued | 83 |
| National firsts | |
| Satellite | Turkmenistan Laos |
| Space traveller | Denmark Kazakhstan |
| Rockets | |
| Maiden flights |
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| Retirements | Dnepr-1 |
| Crewed flights | |
| Orbital | 4 |
| Total travellers | 12 |
| EVAs | 7 |
A total of 87 orbital launches were attempted in 2015, of which 82 were successful, one was partially successful and four 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 27, 20 and 19 launches respectively.
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