First Flights of Rockets

Orbital Flights of rockets

Rocket Name	Rocket country/company	Launch Date	Success/Failure
Kosmos 1	Russian/Soviet	1946	Success
Vangaurd	United States	1957	Failure	only 9 KG to LEO
Sputnik	Russian/Soviet	1958	Failure
SM-65B Atlas	United States	1958	Failure
NOTSNIK	United States	1958	Failure
Juno 1	United States	1958	Success
Thor-Able	United States	1958	Failure
Luna 1	Russian/Soviet	1959	Failure
SM-65D Atlas	United States	1959	Failure
Atlas Able	United States	1959	Failure
Atlas Agena	United States	1960	Failure	nmd
Atlas LV-3B	United States	1960	Failure
Thor-Delta	United States	1960	Success
Thor-Ablestar	United States	1960	Success
Saturn I	United States	1961	Success
Atlas Centaur	United States	1962	Failure
Delta A	United States	1962	Success
Delta B	United States	1962	Success
Polyot	Russian/Soviet	1963	Success
Voskhod	Russian/Soviet	1963	Failure	nmd
Delta C	United States	1963	Success
Molniya	Russian/Soviet	1964	Failure	nmd
Scout	United States	1964	Success	Launched first italian sattelite
Delta D	United States	1964	Success
Titan II GLV	United States	1964	Success
Diamant A	France	1965	Success
Atlas E/F	United States	1965	Failure	nmd
Thor-Burner	United States	1965	Success
Delta E	United States	1965	Success
Europa	Europe	1966	Failure
Lambda 4S	Japan	1966	Failure
Kosmos 3 	Russian/Soviet	1966	Failure
Sparta	United States	1966	Success	Sounding rocket
Saturn IB	United States	1966	Success
Thorad-Agena	United States	1966	Success
Delta G	United States	1966	Success
Titan IIIB	United States	1966	Success
Tsyklon	Russian/Soviet	1967	Success
Saturn V	United States	1967	Success
Delta J	United States	1968	Success
Delta M	United States	1968	Failure
Delta N	United States	1968	Success
N1	Russian/Soviet	1969	Failure	Failed all 4 flights, probably would've worked on number 5
Black Arrow	United Kingdom	1969	Failure
Delta L	United States	1969	Failure
Long March 1	China	1970	Success
Diamant B	France	1970	Success
Mu 4S	Japan	1970	Failure
Delta 100-4000	United States	1972	Success
Feng Bao 1	China	1973	Failure	Suborbital Success
Long Martch 2	China	1974	Failure
Mu 3C	Japan	1974	Success
Delta III	Unites States	1974	Success
Long March 2A	China	1975	Success
N-I	Japan/USA	1975	Success
Kosmos 3M	Russian/Soviet	1975	Success
Mu 3H	Japan	1977	Success
Ariane 1	Europe	1979	Success
Satellite Launch Vehicle	India	1979	Failure
Mu 3S	Japan	1980	Success
N-II	Japan/USA	1981	Success
Congestoga	Space Services Inc of America	1981	Failure	Later would become first commercial rocket to space (but not orbit)
Space Shuttle	United States	1981	Success
Long March 2C	China	1982	Success
Titan 34D	United States	1982	Success
Atlas H	United States	1983	Success
Long March 3	China	1984	Failure	Reached Orbit but not desired one due to 3rd stage failure
Ariane 3	Europe	1984	Success
Atlas G	United States	1984	Failure	Curiously, on the 6th flight the booster was struck by lightning and failed
VLS-1	Brasil	1985	Failure
Ariane 2	Europe	1986	Failure
H-I	Japan/USA	1986	Success
Aug. Sat. Launch Vehicle	India	1987	Failure
Energia	Russian/Soviet	1987	Failure
Long March 4A	China	1988	Success
Ariane 4	Europe	1988	Success
Shavit	Israel	1988	Success
Buran (Spacecraft)	Russian/Soviet	1988	Success
Titan 23G	United States	1988	Success
Delta II	United States	1989	Success
Titan IV	United States	1989	Success
Long March 2E	China	1990	Success
Atlas I	United States	1990	Success
Pegasus	Orbital ATK	1990	Success
Commercial Titan III	United States	1990	Success
Atlas II	United States	1991	Success	This rocket never failed and flew 63 times!
Long March 2D	China	1992	Success
Polar Sat. Launch Vehicle	India	1993	Failure
Start 1	Russian/Soviet	1993	Success
Long March 3A	China	1994	Success
H-II	Japan	1994	Success
Rokot	Russian/Soviet	1994	Success
Minotaur C	Orbital ATK	1994	Success
Long March 1D	China	1995	Success
Athena I	United States	1995	Failure	RSO Detonated due to loss of control
Long March 3B	China	1996	Failure
Ariane 5	Europe	1996	Failure
"Mu V (""5"")"	Japan	1997	Success
Athena II	United States	1997	Success
Shtil'	Russian/Soviet	1998	Success	Launced from Submarine
Long March 2F	China	1999	Success
Long March 4B	China	1999	Success
Dnepr	Russian/Soviet	1999	Success
Atlas III	United States	2000	Success
Minotaur I	Orbital ATK	2000	Success	Minuteman missile redesign
Geosych. Launch Vehicle	India	2001	Failure	Payload failed to reach desired orbit
Volna	Russian/Soviet	2001	Failure
Kaituozhe	China	2002	Failure
Atlas V	United States	2002	Success
Delta IV	United States	2002	Success
Strela	Russian/Soviet	2003	Success
Delta IV Heavy	United States	2004	Success
Long March 4C	China	2006	Success
Falcon 1	SpaceX	2006	Failure
Long March 3C	China	2008	Success
Safir	Iran	2009	Success	Some argue that first flight was a failure as it went suborbital but this was the goal
Unha	North Korea	2009	Failure
Naro-1	South Korea	2009	Failure
Falcon 9 1.0	SpaceX	2010	Success
Minotaur IV	Orbital ATK	2010	Success	Payload failed but rocket worked
Minotaur V	Orbital ATK	2010	Success
Zenit 3F	Russian/Soviet	2011	Success
Vega	Europe	2012	Success
Kuaizhou	China	2013	Success
Antares	United States	2013	Success
Falcon 9 1.1	SpaceX	2013	Success
Angara	Russian/Soviet	2014	Success
Long March 6	China	2015	Success
Long March 11	China	2015	Success
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	SpaceX	2015	Success
Long March 5	China	2016	Success
Long March 7	China	2016	Success
Simorgh	Iran	2017	Failure	First flight was suborbital and successful
Electron	Rocket Lab	2017	Failure	Launch was a success however was detonated due to ground station issue