🇦🇺Australia Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to Australia, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
Australia made 7 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1967 and 2025. Of those, 2 succeeded and 5 failed. The success rate comes to 29 percent. The busiest year was 1970, with 2 launches. The most recent launch in the catalog was in 2025. Launches took place from 2 sites.
7
Launch attempts
2
Successes
5
Failures
29%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites
Counts for each GCAT launch site attributed to Australia.
Recent launches
The most recent launches attributed to Australia, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2025 | 2025-F06 | 1 : Instrumentation | Eris Block 1 | BOWEN | Failure |
| Oct 28, 1971 | 1971-093 | R-3 : Fairing, Black Arrow St2, Black Arrow R-3 +3 more, Prospero aerial, Waxwing, X-3 | Black Arrow | WOO / LA5B | Success |
| Sep 2, 1970 | 1970-F07 | R-2 : Fairing, Black Arrow St2, Black Arrow R-2 +4 more, X-2 aerial, Waxwing R-2, X-2 Sphere, X-2 | Black Arrow | WOO / LA5B | Failure |
| Jun 12, 1970 | 1970-U02 | F-9 : Fairing, Coralie, Blue Streak F-9 +2 more, Astris + Fairing, STV 7 | Europa I | WOO / LA6A | Failure |
| Jul 2, 1969 | 1969-F09 | F-8 : Fairing, Coralie, Blue Streak F-8 +3 more, Astris, STV 6, STV 6 Adapter | Europa I | WOO / LA6A | Failure |
| Nov 29, 1968 | 1968-F09 | F-7 : Fairing, Coralie, Blue Streak F-7 +2 more, Astris, STV 5 | Europa I | WOO / LA6A | Failure |
| Nov 29, 1967 | 1967-118 | CC-2029/SV-10 : Antares 2, Redstone CC-2029, BE-3 +1 more, WRESAT | SPARTA | WOO / LA8 | Success |