This article lists orbital and suborbital launches during the first half of the year 2019.
For all other spaceflight activities, see 2019 in spaceflight. For launches in the second half of 2019 see List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2019.
Date and time (UTC) | Rocket | Flight number | Launch site | LSP | |||
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Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) | Operator | Orbit | Function | Decay (UTC) | Outcome | ||
Remarks | |||||||
4 January 09:27 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Dartmouth College | Suborbital | Auroral research | 4 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 774 kilometres (481 mi) | |||||||
13 January 09:13 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | University of Colorado | Suborbital | Student payloads | 13 January | Successful | ||
Apogee: 174 kilometres (108 mi) | |||||||
22 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
IAI/IDF | Suborbital | Missile test target | 22 January | Successful | |||
Arrow III target, successfully intercepted | |||||||
22 January | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
IAI/IDF | Suborbital | Flight test | 22 January | Successful | |||
Successful intercept, Apogee: ~200 kilometres (120 mi) | |||||||
23 January 15:05 [218] | ![]() | NS-10 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Blue Origin | Suborbital | Test flight | 23 January | Successful | ||
Tenth test flight of the New Shepard development program, fourth one with the current vehicle. [219] | |||||||
6 February 07:01 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 6 February | Successful | ||
6 February 08:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
RVSN | Suborbital | Missile test | 6 February | Successful | |||
12 February | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Satellite intercept | 12 February | Launch failure | ||
First attempt of Mission Shakhti (ASAT Test with Microsat-R as target) [220] | |||||||
22 February 16:54 | ![]() | VF-01 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Virgin Galactic | Suborbital | Test flight | 22 February | Successful | ||
Second crewed sub-orbital high altitude flight of SpaceShipTwo with three crew members on board, pilot David Mackay, co-pilot Mike Masucci and chief trainer Beth Moses, Apogee: 89.9 kilometres (55.9 mi) | |||||||
2 March 17:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
SARGE M1 | Exos Aerospace | Suborbital | Microgravity Research | 2 March | Partial failure | ||
Second launch of the SARGE suborbital launch vehicle, it carried several small research payloads and was intended to reach a peak altitude of 80 kilometers, but winds kept the rocket from achieving its planned altitude, it reached only an apogee of 20 kilometres (12 mi) [221] | |||||||
25 March 17:20 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MDA | Suborbital | ABM target | 25 March | Successful | ||
Ballistic missile target for interception | |||||||
25 March 17:30 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MDA | Suborbital | ABM test | 25 March | Successful | ||
Ballistic missile interceptor | |||||||
25 March 17:31 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | MDA | Suborbital | ABM test | 25 March | Successful | ||
Ballistic missile interceptor | |||||||
27 March 05:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | DRDO | Suborbital | Satellite intercept | 27 March | Successful | ||
Mission Shakhti (ASAT Test with Microsat-R as target), Apogee: 270 kilometres (170 mi), satellite successfully destroyed | |||||||
5 April 22:14 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Clemson | Suborbital | Auroral | 5 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
5 April 22:16 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Clemson | Suborbital | Auroral | 5 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 320 kilometres (200 mi) | |||||||
11 April 16:51 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | NASA / NAOJ / JAXA / IAC / IAS | Suborbital | Solar astronomy | 11 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: 274 kilometres (170 mi) | |||||||
21 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
Flight test | – | Suborbital | Flight test | 21 April | Successful | ||
First suborbital flight by a student team. [222] Apogee: 104 kilometres (65 mi) | |||||||
22 April 23:28 [223] | ![]() | Y1 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Space Transportation | Suborbital | Flight test | 22 April | Successful | ||
Test flight of the Tianxing 1 suborbital spaceplane. | |||||||
23 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NNSA | Suborbital | Technology experiments | 23 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: ~320 kilometres (200 mi)? | |||||||
24 April | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NNSA | Suborbital | Technology experiments | 24 April | Successful | ||
Apogee: ~320 kilometres (200 mi)? | |||||||
1 May 09:42 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 1 May | Successful | |||
2 May [224] 13:35 | ![]() | NS-11 | ![]() | ![]() | |||
![]() | Blue Origin | Suborbital | Test flight | 2 May | Successful | ||
Took 38 research payloads into space | |||||||
3 May 20:45 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | Kochi University of Technology | Suborbital | Infrasound propagation measurement | 3 May | Successful | ||
Apogee: 113 kilometres (70 mi) [225] | |||||||
9 May 07:40 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Air Force | Suborbital | Test flight | 9 May | Successful | |||
9 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Missile test | 9 May | Successful | |||
Demonstration and Shakedown Operation (DASO) 29 | |||||||
10 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
US Navy | Suborbital | Test flight | 10 May | Successful | |||
FS-19 E4, apogee: ~150 kilometres (93 mi)? | |||||||
23 May | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
ASFC | Suborbital | Missile test | 23 May | Successful | |||
13 June 02:21 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ||||
![]() | DLR | Suborbital | Technology demonstration | 13 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 240 kilometres (150 mi) | |||||||
19 June 11:28 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 19 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 373 kilometres (232 mi) [226] | |||||||
19 June 11:33 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | NASA | Suborbital | Ionosphere research | 19 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 412 kilometres (256 mi) | |||||||
20 June 09:38 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | University of Colorado | Suborbital | Student payloads | 20 June | Successful | ||
Apogee: 117 kilometres (73 mi) [227] | |||||||
24 June 06:52 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
![]() | SSC | Suborbital | Microgravity | 24 June | Successful | ||
apogee: 260 kilometres (160 mi) | |||||||
29 June 18:00 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||
SARGE M1 | Exos Aerospace | Suborbital | Microgravity Research | 29 June | Launch failure | ||
Third launch of the SARGE suborbital launch vehicle, it carried several small research payloads for nine clients. The flight failed seconds after launch. However, the rocket was recovered. [228] |
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