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Orbital launches in 1996

Attempts74

Successes6892%

Failures6

Busiest vehicleSpace Shuttle7

By country

United States30

Russia27

France (incl. Ariane)10

China4

India1

ESA1

Japan1

By vehicle family

Space Shuttle7

Soyuz-U7

Ariane 44L5

Delta 79255

Kosmos 11K65M4

Proton-K/DM-24

Pegasus XL4

Atlas IIA4

Molniya 8K78M3

Ariane 44P2

Soyuz-U-PVB2

Proton-K/DM-2M2

Nearby years

199191

199295

199385

199492

199579

1996 ◀74

199787

199878

199976

200085

200156

All launches

Date	Payload	Vehicle	Site	Result
1996-01-11	OV-105 Research/FF	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-01-12	Panamsat K4	Ariane 44L	CSG	Success
1996-01-14	Koreasat 2	Delta 7925	CC	Success
1996-01-16	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	GIK-1	Success
1996-01-25	Gorizont No. 43L	Proton-K/DM-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-02-01	Palapa C1	Atlas IIAS	CC	Success
1996-02-05	N-Star b	Ariane 44P	CSG	Success
1996-02-14	INTELSAT 708	Chang Zheng 3B	XSC	Failure
1996-02-19	Gonets-D1 No. 13/14/15	Tsiklon-3	GIK-1	Success
1996-02-19	Gran' No. 44L	Proton-K/DM-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-02-21	Soyuz 7K-STM No. 72	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Success
1996-02-22	OV-102 Research/FF	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-02-24	Polar	Delta 7925-10	V	Success
1996-03-09	REX II	Pegasus XL	V	Success
1996-03-14	INTELSAT 707	Ariane 44LP	CSG	Success
1996-03-14	Kobal't	Soyuz-U-PVB	GIK-1	Success
1996-03-21	IRS-P3	PSLV	SHAR	Success
1996-03-22	OV-104 Shuttle/Mir	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-03-28	Navstar GPS SVN 33	Delta 7925	CC	Success
1996-04-03	INMARSAT III F-1	Atlas IIA	CC	Success
1996-04-08	Astra 1F	Proton-K/DM-2M	GIK-5	Success
1996-04-20	MSAT-1	Ariane 42P	CSG	Success
1996-04-23	TsM-I 77KSI No. 17401	Proton-K	GIK-5	Success
1996-04-24	MSX	Delta 7920-10	V	Success
1996-04-24	Taifun-1B	Kosmos 11K65M	GIK-1	Success
1996-04-24	MERCURY 2	Titan 401A/Centaur	CC	Success
1996-04-30	SAX	Atlas I	CC	Success
1996-05-05	Progress 7K-TGM No. 231	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Success
1996-05-12	SLDCOM 4/INTRUDER 4	Titan 403A	VS	Success
1996-05-14	Kometa No. 18	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Failure
1996-05-16	Palapa C2	Ariane 44L	CSG	Success
1996-05-17	MSTI 3	Pegasus H	V	Success
1996-05-19	OV-105 Research/FF	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-05-24	Galaxy 9	Delta 7925	CC	Success
1996-05-25	Gorizont No. 44L	Proton-K/DM-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-06-04	Cluster F1-F4	Ariane 5G	CSG	Failure
1996-06-15	INTELSAT 709	Ariane 44P	CSG	Success
1996-06-20	OV-102 Spacelab	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-06-20	Kobal't	Soyuz-U-PVB	GIK-1	Failure
1996-07-02	TOMS-EP	Pegasus XL	V	Success
1996-07-03	QUASAR 11?	Titan 405A	CC	Success
1996-07-03	Apstar 1A	Chang Zheng 3	XSC	Success
1996-07-09	Arabsat 2A	Ariane 44L	CSG	Success
1996-07-16	Navstar GPS SVN 40	Delta 7925	CC	Success
1996-07-25	UFO F7-EHF	Atlas II	CC	Success
1996-07-31	Progress 7K-TGM No. 232	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Success
1996-08-08	Italsat F2	Ariane 44L	CSG	Success
1996-08-14	Molniya-1T	Molniya 8K78M	GIK-1	Success
1996-08-17	ADEOS	H-II	TNSC	Success
1996-08-17	Soyuz 7K-STM No. 73	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Success
1996-08-18	Zhongxing 7	Chang Zheng 3	XSC	Failure
1996-08-21	FAST	Pegasus XL	V	Success
1996-08-29	Microsatelite	Molniya 8K78M	GIK-1	Success
1996-09-04	Tselina-2	Zenit-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-09-05	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	GIK-1	Success
1996-09-06	INMARSAT III F-2	Proton-K/DM-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-09-08	GE 1	Atlas IIA	CC	Success
1996-09-11	Echostar II	Ariane 42P	CSG	Success
1996-09-12	Navstar GPS SVN 30	Delta 7925	CC	Success
1996-09-16	OV-104 Shuttle/Mir	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-09-26	Ekspress No. 12L	Proton-K/DM-2M	GIK-5	Success
1996-10-20	FSW-2 No. 3	Chang Zheng 2D	JQ	Success
1996-10-24	Molniya-3 No. 62	Molniya 8K78M	GIK-1	Success
1996-11-04	HETE	Pegasus XL	WIMB	Failure
1996-11-13	Arabsat 2B	Ariane 44L	CSG	Success
1996-11-16	M1 No. 520 (Mars-96)	Proton-K/D-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-11-19	OV-102 Research/FF	Space Shuttle	KSC	Success
1996-11-19	Progress 7K-TGM No. 233	Soyuz-U	GIK-5	Success
1996-11-21	Eutelsat HB2	Atlas IIA	CC	Success
1996-12-11	US-PU	Tsiklon-2	GIK-5	Success
1996-12-18	INMARSAT III F3	Atlas IIA	CC	Success
1996-12-20	Parus	Kosmos 11K65M	GIK-1	Success
1996-12-20	Improved CRYSTAL 2106	Titan 404A	VS	Success
1996-12-24	Bion No. 11	Soyuz-U	GIK-1	Success

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Counts orbital launch attempts (successes and failures); suborbital flights excluded. Countries are those of the launching agency.