🇫🇷France Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to France, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
France made 4 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1965 and 1967. All 4 launches succeeded. The busiest year was 1967, with 2 launches. The most recent launch in the catalog was in 1967.
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Launch attempts
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Successes
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Failures
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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 France.
Recent launches
The most recent launches attributed to France, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Vehicle | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 1967 | 1967-014 | No. 4 : Diamant Fairing, Topaze, Emeraude +6 more, deb Diamant A, [UNID029] RCS 0.0, Diademe 2 despin weight, P064, Diademe 2 launch debris, D-1D | Diamant A | HMG / Brigitte | Success |
| Feb 8, 1967 | 1967-011 | No. 3 : Diamant Fairing, Topaze, Emeraude +5 more, deb Diamant A, Diademe 1 despin weight, Diademe 1 launch debris, P064, D-1C | Diamant A | HMG / Brigitte | Success |
| Feb 17, 1966 | 1966-013 | No. 2 : deb Diapason, Diamant Fairing, Topaze +8 more, Emeraude, Rubis debris, Possible 13L dup, Possible 13K dup, D-1A launch debris, D-1A despin weight, P064/Equip. bay, D-1A | Diamant A | HMG / Brigitte | Success |
| Nov 26, 1965 | 1965-096 | No. 1 : Diamant Fairing, Topaze, Emeraude +4 more, Asterix sep clamp, deb Asterix, P064, A-1 | Diamant A | HMG / Brigitte | Success |