🇮🇹Italy Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt attributed to Italy, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. Country is the launching state of the pad.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Italy made 9 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1967 and 1988. All 9 launches succeeded. The busiest year was 1971, with 2 launches. The most recent launch in the catalog was in 1988.

9
Launch attempts
9
Successes
0
Failures
100%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1988 1 1 0 100%
1975 1 1 0 100%
1974 2 2 0 100%
1972 1 1 0 100%
1971 2 2 0 100%
1970 1 1 0 100%
1967 1 1 0 100%

Launch sites

Counts for each GCAT launch site attributed to Italy.

Site code Site Launches Successes Failures First year Last year
SMLC San Marco platform 9 9 0 1967 1988

Recent launches

The most recent launches attributed to Italy, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Vehicle Site / Pad Outcome
Mar 25, 1988 1988-026 S206C : San Marco D/L Scout G-1 SMLC / SMLC - Success
May 7, 1975 1975-037 S194C : Altair Fairing, Antares 2B, Castor 2
+3 more , Algol 3A S194C, Star 20 E-16, SAS C
Scout F-1 SMLC Success
Oct 15, 1974 1974-077 S187C : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+3 more , Algol 2C S187C, Star 20 E-13, UK 5
Scout B-1 SMLC Success
Feb 18, 1974 1974-009 S190C : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+6 more , Algol 3A S190C, NACE cover, Omegatron cover, San Marco 4 despin weight, FW4S S/N 2376-4, San Marco C2
Scout D-1 SMLC Success
Nov 15, 1972 1972-091 S170CR : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+4 more , Algol 3A S170CR, SAS-2 despin weight, FW4S S/N 2376-5, SAS B
Scout D-1 SMLC Success
Nov 15, 1971 1971-096 S163CR : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+4 more , Algol 2B S163CR, SSS 1 despin weight, FW4S S/N 2223-16, SSS A
Scout B SMLC Success
Apr 24, 1971 1971-036 S173C : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+4 more , Algol 2B S173C, San Marco 3 despin weight, FW4S S/N 2223-14, San Marco C
Scout B SMLC Success
Dec 12, 1970 1970-107 S175C : Altair Fairing, X-259B3, Castor 2
+3 more , Algol 2B S175C, FW4S S/N 2223-10, SAS A
Scout B SMLC Success
Apr 26, 1967 1967-038 S153C : Altair Fairing, X-259A3, Castor 2
+4 more , Algol 2B S153C, San Marco 2 despin weight, FW4S S/N 30202, San Marco B
Scout B SMLC Success