| Date |
Payload |
Launcher |
Launch Site |
Notes |
| 9 January |
ZiYuan 3, VesselSat 2 |
Long March 4B |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Shanxi Province, China |
Chinese Earth imaging satellite (Ziyuan 3), ship tracking satellite (VesselSat 2) |
| 13 January |
Fengyun 2F |
Long March 3A |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China |
Chinese meteorological satellite |
| 20 January |
WGS-4 |
Delta 4M+ (5,4) |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
US military communications satellite |
| 25 January |
Progress M-14-M (ISS 46P) |
Soyuz U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station |
| 3 February |
Navid |
Safir |
Semnan |
Iranian earth observation satellite |
| 13 February |
LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite), ALMASat 1, e-st@r, Goliat, MaSat-1, PW-Sat 1, Robusta, UNICubeSAT-GG, XaTcobeo |
Vega |
CSG Kourou, French Guiana |
first flight of the Vega |
| 14 February |
SES 4 |
Proton M / Briz M |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
commercial communications satellite |
| 24 February |
Beidou-2 G5 (Compass-G5) |
Long March 3C |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China |
Chinese navigation satellite |
| 24 February |
MUOS 1 |
Atlas 5 |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida |
US military communications satellite |
| 23 March |
ATV 3 (Edoardo Amaldi) |
Ariane 5 |
CSG Kourou, French Guiana |
unmanned supply ship to ISS |
| 25 March |
Intelsat 22 |
Proton M / Briz M Enhanced |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
commercial communications satellite |
| 30 March |
Oko (US-KMO) |
Proton K / Blok DM-2 |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
Russian early warning satellite |
| 31 March |
Apstar 7 (Chinasat 12) |
Long March 3B/E |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China |
commercial communication satellite |
| 3 April |
NRO L-25 |
Delta 4M+ (5,2) |
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, USA |
US military radar imaging satellite |
| 12 April |
Kwangmyongsong 3 |
Unha 3 |
Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Tongchang-ri, North Korea |
launch failure – first stage exploded approx 1 minute into flight - N Korean earth observation satellite |
| 20 April |
Progress M-15-M (ISS 47P) |
Soyuz U |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
unmanned cargo transport to the International Space Station |
| 23 April |
YahSat 1B |
Proton M / Briz M Enhanced |
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan |
commercial communications satellite |
| 26 April |
RISat 1 |
PSLV-XL |
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, India |
Indian radar imaging earth observation satellite |
| 29 April |
Beidou-2 M3/M4 |
Long March 3B |
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Sichuan province, China |
Chinese navigation satellites |
| 4 May |
AEHF F-2 |
Atlas 5 |
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA |
US military communications satellite |
| 6 May |
TianHui 1B |
Long March 2D |
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Kansu Province, China |
Chinese land survey and mapping satellite |
| 10 May |
Yaogan 14, Tiantuo 1 |
Long March 4B |
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre, Shanxi Province, China |
Chinese earth observation satellite (Yaogan 14), Chinese experimental nanosatellite (Tiantuo 1) |
