Spaceflight-related events during the year of 2020
2020 in spaceflight
Highlights from spaceflight in 2020[a]
Orbital launches
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7 January
Last
29 December
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Successes
104
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10
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0
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National firsts
Spaceflight
Sealand (first payload)
Satellite
Guatemala
Slovenia
Monaco
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Rockets
Maiden flights
Ceres-1
Kuaizhou 11
LauncherOne
Long March 5B
Long March 7A
Long March 8
Qased
Rocket 3
Retirements
H-IIB
Atlas V 411
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Orbital
4
Suborbital
0
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12
EVAs
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