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2015 in spaceflight
A Falcon 9 first stage landing at Cape Canaveral LZ-1
Full disc, true colour view of Pluto
Close-up view of high-albedo regions on Ceres
Scott Kelly being carried from the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft
Highlights from spaceflight in 2015[a]
Orbital launches
First10 January
Last28 December
Total87
Successes82
Failures4
Partial failures1
Catalogued83[b]
National firsts
Satellite2015 in spaceflight Turkmenistan
2015 in spaceflight Laos
Space traveller2015 in spaceflight Denmark
2015 in spaceflight Kazakhstan
Rockets
Maiden flights
  • Long March 3C/E / YZ-1
  • Long March 3B / YZ-1
  • Long March 6
  • Long March 11
  • Super Strypi
  • Falcon 9 Full Thrust
RetirementsDnepr-1
Crewed flights
Orbital4
Total travellers12
EVAs7

In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

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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