🇮🇹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.
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Launch attempts
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Successes
0
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 Italy.
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 |