Japan Space Launch Flight History by Variant/Year (1960-2009) Page 1 of 2: Orbital Launches L(F) = Number of Launches(Number of Failures) L4S/M4S M-3 M-5 Thor* Thor* Thor* H-2 H-2A H-2B N-1 N-2 H-1 Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1960 - - - - - - - - - 1961 - - - - - - - - - 1962 - - - - - - - - - 1963 - - - - - - - - - 1964 - - - - - - - - - 1965 - - - - - - - - - 1966 2(2) - - - - - - - - 1967 1(1) - - - - - - - - 1968 - - - - - - - - - 1969 1(1) - - - - - - - - 1970 2(1) - - - - - - - - 1971 2(0) - - - - - - - - 1972 1(0) - - - - - - - - 1973 - - - - - - - - - 1974 - 1(0) - - - - - - - 1975 - 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - - 1976 - 1(1) - 1(0) - - - - - 1977 - 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - - 1978 - 2(0) - 1(0) - - - - - 1979 - 1(0) - 1(1) - - - - - 1980 - 1(0) - 1(0) - - - - - 1981 - 1(0) - - 2(0) - - - - 1982 - - - 1(0) - - - - - 1983 - 1(0) - - 2(0) - - - - 1984 - 1(0) - - 2(0) - - - - 1985 - 2(0) - - - - - - - 1986 - - - - 1(0) 1(0) - - - 1987 - 1(0) - - 1(0) 1(0) - - - 1988 - - - - - 2(0) - - - 1989 - 1(0) - - - 1(0) - - - 1990 - 1(0) - - - 2(0) - - - 1991 - 1(0) - - - 1(0) - - - 1992 - - - - - 1(0) - - - 1993 - 1(0) - - - - - - - 1994 - - - - - - 2(0) - - 1995 - 1(1) - - - - 1(0) - - 1996 - - - - - - 1(0) - - 1997 - - 1(0) - - - 1(0) - - 1998 - - 1(0) - - - 1(1) - - 1999 - - - - - - 1(1) - - 2000 - - 1(1) - - - - - - 2001 - - - - - - - 1(0) - 2002 - - - - - - - 3(0) - 2003 - - 1(0) - - - - 2(1) - 2004 - - - - - - - - - 2005 - - 1(0) - - - - 1(0) - 2006 - - 2(0) - - - - 4(0) - 2007 - - - - - - - 2(0) - 2008 - - - - - - - 1(0) - 2009 - - - - - - - 2(0) 1(0) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- L4S/M4S M-3 M-5 Thor* Thor* Thor* H-2 H-2A H-2B N-1 N-2 H-1 Year L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9(5) 19(2) 7(1) 7(1) 8(0) 9(0) 7(2) 16(1) 1(0) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes: * Thor-based vehicles built under McDonnell Douglas license H-1 version added a Japanese-built hydrogen-fueled second stage to a Thor-based first stage. Totals also included in Thor vehicle list. Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database "http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html" Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/" Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space" Last Update 01/08/2010 by Ed Kyle