2017 in spaceflight

2017 in spaceflight

Highlights from spaceflight in 2017[a]
Orbital launches
First	5 January
Last	26 December
Total	91
Successes	83
Failures	6
Partial failures	2
Catalogued	86
National firsts
Satellite	Bangladesh  Finland  Ghana  Latvia  Mongolia  Slovakia  Angola
Rockets
Maiden flights	SS-520 Kaituozhe-2 Kuaizhou 1A Electron LVM3 Simorgh Vector-R
Retirements	Soyuz-U Delta II 7920 Zenit-3F
Crewed flights
Orbital	4
Total travellers	11
EVAs	10
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Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden orbital flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand. The rocket is named for its innovative Rutherford engine which feeds propellants via battery-powered electric motors instead of the usual gas generator and turbopumps.

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