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# Spacecraft Country  Launch date .. Mission type Remarks
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1 9 6 2 (1 European spacecraft in 96 missions = 1 % )
1) Ariel 1 1st Civilian 26 Apr 62 Earth sciences United Kingdom
1 9 6 3 (0 European spacecraft in 97 missions = 0 %)
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1 9 6 4 (2 European spacecrafts in 127 missions = 1½ %)
2) Ariel 2 2nd Civilian 27 Mar 64 Astronomy United Kingdom
3) San Marco 1 3rd Civilian 5 Dec 64 Earth sciences Italy
1 9 6 5 (2 European spacecrafts in 179 missions = 1 %)
4) A-1 / Asterix 4th Civilian 26 Nov 65 Technology France
5) FR 1 5th Civilian 6 Dec 65 Earth sciences France
1 9 6 6 (1 European spacecraft in 174 missions = ½ %)
6) D-1A / Diapason 1 6th Civilian 17 Feb 66 Geodesy France
1 9 6 7 (5 European Spacecrafts in 172 missions = 3 %)
7) D-1C / Diadème 1 7th Civilian 8 Feb 67 Geodesy France
8) D-1D / Diadème 2 8th Civilian 15 Feb 67 Geodesy France
9) San Marco 2 9th Civilian 26 Apr 67 Earth sciences Italy
10) Ariel 3 / UK-3 10th Civilian 5 May 67 Earth sciences United Kingdom
11) ESRO 2A 11th Civilian 30 May 67 Astronomy Europe (ESRO)
1 9 6 8 (4 European spacecrafts in 166 missions = 2½ %)
12) ESRO 2B / IRIS 12th Civilian 17 May 68 Technology Europe (ESRO)
13) ESRO 1A / Aurorae 13th Civilian 3 Oct 68 Earth sciences Europe (ESRO)
14) STV 1 14th Civilian 29 Nov 68 Technology Europe (ELDO)
15) HEOS 1 15th Civilian 5 Dec 68 Earth sciences Europe (ESRO)
1 9 6 9 (4 European spacecrafts in 155 missions = 2½ %)
16) STV 2 16th Civilian 2 Jul 69 Technology Europe (ELDO)
17) ESRO 1B / Boreas 17th Civilian 1 Oct 69 Earth sciences Europe (ESRO)
18) Azur 1 / GRS-A 18th Civilian 8 Nov 69 Radiation studies Germany/NASA
19) Skynet 1A 1st Military 22 Nov 69 Communications United Kingdom
1 9 7 0 (7 European spacecrafts in 142 missions = 5 %)
20) Dial 19th Civilian 10 Mar 70 Technology France
21) Mika 20th Civilian 10 Mar 70 Sciences Germany
22) th Civilian 1 / NATO 2A 2nd Military 20 Mar 70 Communications NATO
23) STV 3 21st Civilian 12 Jun 70 Technology Europe (ELDO)
24) Orba / X-2 22nd Civilian 2 Sep 70 Earth sciences United Kingdom
25) Skynet 1B 3rd Military 19 Aug 70 Communications United Kingdom
26) Péole 23rd Civilian 12 Dec 70 Communications France (CNES)
1 9 7 1 (9 European spacecrafts in 175 missions = 5 %)
27) NATO 2 4th Military 8 Feb 71 Communications NATO
28) D-2A Polaire 24th Civilian 15 Apr 71 Earth sciences France
29) D-2A Tournesol 25th Civilian 15 Apr 71 Earth sciences France
30) San Marco 3 26th Civilian 24 Apr 71 Earth sciences Italy
31) Eole 27th Civilian 12 Aug 71 Data relay France (CNES)
32) Prospero / X-3 28th Civilian 28 Oct 71 Meteorid studies United Kingdom
33) STV 4 29th Civilian 5 Nov 71 Technology Europe (ELDO)
34) Ariel 4 / UK 4 30th Civilian 11 Dec 71 Earth sciences United Kingdom
35) Oreol 1 (Aureole 1) 31th Civilian 27 Dec 71 Earth sciences France
1 9 7 2 (5 E1uropean spacecrafts in 143 missions = 3½ %)
36) HEOS 2 32nd Civilian 31 Jan 72 Earth sciences Europe (ESRO)
37) TD 1A 33rd Civilian 12 Mar 72 Technology Europe (ELDO)
38) MAS 1 / SRET 1 34th Civilian 4 Apr 72 Science & technology France (CNES)
39) ESRO 4 35th Civilian 22 Nov 72 Technology Europe (ESRO)
40) Aeros 1 / GRS-B 36th Civilian 16 Dec 72 Earth sciences West Germany
1 9 7 3 (3 European spacecrafts in 146 missions = 2 %)
41) D-5A Pollux 37th Civilian 21 May 73 Technology France
42) D-5B Castor 38th Civilian 21 May 73 Technology France
43) Oreol 2 (Aureole 2) 39th Civilian 26 Dec 73 Earth sciences France
1 9 7 4 (10 European spacecrafts in 136 missions = 7 %)
44) Skynet 2A 5th Military 19 Jan 74 Communications United Kingdom
45) San Marco 4 40th Civilian 18 Feb 74 Earth sciences Italy
46) Miranda / X-4 41st Civilian 9 Mar 74 Technology United Kingdom
47) Aeros 2 42nd Civilian 16 Jul 74 Earth sciences West Germany
48) ANS 1 43rd Civilian 30 Aug 74 Astronomy Netherlands
49) Ariel 5 / UK 5 44th Civilian 15 Oct 74 Earth sciences United Kingdom
50) Intasat 1 45th Civilian 15 Nov 74 Technology Spain (INTA)
51) Skynet 2B 6th Military 23 Nov 74 Communications United Kingdom
52) Helios 1 46th Civilian 10 Dec 74 Solar observations West Germany
53) Symphonie 1 47th Civilian 18 Dec 74 Communications France & W. Germany
1 9 7 5 (7 European spacecrafts in 168 missions = 4 %)
54) Starlette 48th Civilian 6 Feb 75 Geodesy France (CNES)
55) D5-A Pollux 49th Civilian 17 May 75 Technology France (CNES)
56) D5-B / Castor 50th Civilian 17 May 75 Technology France (CNES)
57) SRET 2 51st Civilian 5 Jun 75 Technology France (CNES)
58) COS B 52nd Civilian 9 Aug 75 Technology ESA
59) Symphonie 2 53th Civilian 26 Aug 75 Communications France & W. Germany
60) D-2B Aura 54th Civilian 27 Sep 75 Astronomy France (CNES)
1 9 7 6 (2 European spacecrafts in 164 missions = 1 %)
61) Helios 2 55th Civilian 15 Jan 76 ... Solar studies W. Germany
62) NATO 3A 7th Military 22 Apr 76 Communications NATO
1 9 7 7 (6 European spacecrafts in 147 missions = 4 %)
63) NATO 3B 8th Military 28 Jan 77 Communications NATO
64) GEOS 1 56th Civilian 28 Apr 77 Earth sciences ESA
65) D-2B Gamma / Signe 3 57th Civilian 17 Jun 77 Earth sciences France
66) Sirio 1 58th Civilian 25 Aug 77 Technology Italy
67) OTS A 59th Civilian 13 Sep 77 Technology ESA
68) Meteosat 1 60th Civilian 23 Nov 77 Meteorology ESA
1 9 7 8 (4 European spacecrafts in 174 missions = 2 %)
69) OTS 2 61st Civilian 11 May 78 Technology ESA
70) GEOS 2 62nd Civilian 14 Jul 78 Earth sciences ESA
71) Magion 63rd Civilian 24 Oct 78 Czechoslovakia
72) NATO 3C 9th Military 11 Nov 78 Communications NATO
1 9 7 9 (2 European spacecrafts in 134 missions = 1½ %)
73) Ariel 6 / UK 6 64th Civilian 2 Jun 79 ... Astronomy United Kingdom
74) CAT 1 65th Civilian 24 Dec 79 Technology ESA
1 9 8 0 (6 European spacecrafts in 144 missions = 4 %)
75) CAT 66th Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
76) Feuerrad 67th Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
77) Feuerrad subsatellite 1 68th Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
78) Feuerrad subsatellite 2 69th Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
79) Feuerrad subsatellite 3 70th Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
80) Feuerrad subsatellite 4 71st Civilian 23 May 80 Technology ESA
1 9 8 1 (5 European spacecrafts in 160 missions = 3 %)
81) CAT 72nd Civilian 19 Jun 81 Technology ESA
82) Meteosat 2 73rd Civilian 19 Jun 81 Meteorology ESA
83) Oreol 3 (Aureole 3) 74th Civilian 21 Sep 81 Earth sciences France-USSR
84) CAT 75th Civilian 20 Dec 80 Technology ESA
85) Marecs A 76th Civilian 20 Dec 80 Communications ESA
1 9 8 2 (2 European spacecrafts in 160 missions =1  %)
86) Marecs B 77th Civilian 9 Sep 82 Communications ESA
87) Sirio 2 78th Civilian 9 Sep 82 Communications Italy
1 9 8 3 (2 European spacecrafts in 162 missions = 1 %)
88) Exosat 79th Civilian 26 May 83 Astronomy ESA
89) ECS 1 / Eutelsat 1 80th Civilian 16 Jun 83 Communications Eutelsat
1 9 8 4 (5 European spacecrafts in 169 missions = 3 %)
90) ECS 2 / Eutelsat 2 81st Civilian 4 Aug 84 Communications Eutelsat
91) Telecom 1A 82nd Civilian 4 Aug 84 Communications France Telecom
92) AMPTE 3 / AMPTE-UKS 83rd Civilian 16 Aug 84 Earth sciences United Kingdom
93) Marecs 2 84th Civilian 10 Nov 84 Communications ESA
94) NATO 3D 10th Military 14 Nov 84 Communications NATO
1 9 8 5 (3 European spacecrafts in 173 missions = 2 %)
95) Telecom 1B 85th Civilian 28 May 85 Communications France Télécom
96) Giotto 86th Civilian 2 Jul 85 Planetary probe ESA
97) ECS 3 / Eutelsat I F-3 87th Civilian 12 Sep 85 Communications Eutelsat
1 9 8 6 (2 European spacecrafts in 151 missions = 1 %)
98) SPOT 1 88th Civilian 22 Feb 86 Earth remote sensing France (CNES)
99) Viking 89th Civilian 22 Feb 86 Earth sciences Sweden
1 9 8 7 (2 European spacecrafts in 141 missions = 1 %)
100) ECS 4 / Eutelsat I F-4 90th Civilian 16 Sep 87 Communications Eutelsat
101) TV-Sat 1 91st Civilian 21 Nov 87 Communications DBP Telekom
1 9 8 8 (6 European spacecrafts in 155 missions = 4 %)
102) Télécom 1C 92nd Civilian 11 Mar 88 Communications France Telecom
103) San Marco 5 93rd Civilian 25 Mar 88 Earth sciences Italy, USA, France
104) Meteosat 3 94th Civilian 15 Jun 88 Meteorology ESA
105) ECS 5 / Eutelsat I F-5 95th Civilian 21 Jul 88 Communications Eutelsat
106) TDF 1 96th Civilian 28 Oct 88 Communications Télédiffusion de France
107) Skynet 4B 11th Military 11 Nov 88 Communications United Kindom
1 9 8 9 (5 European spacecrafts in 139 missions = 3 %)
108) Meteosat 4 / MOP 1 97th Civilian 6 Mar 89 Meteorology ESA
109) Olympus F1 98th Civilian 12 Jul 89 Communications ESA
110) Hipparcos 99th Civilian 8 Aug 89 Astronomy ESA
111) TV-Sat 2 100th Civilian 8 Aug 89 Communications DBP Telekom
112) Magion 2 101st Civilian 28 Sep 89 Earth sciences Czechoslovakia
1 9 9 0 (8 European spacecrafts in 173 missions = 4½ %)
115) Skynet 4A 12th Military 1 Jan 90 Communications United Kingdom
116) SPOT 2 102nd Civilian 22 Jan 90 Earth remote sensing France (CNES)
117) ROSAT 103rd Civilian 1 Jun 90 Astronomy West Germany
118) TDF 2 104th Civilian 24 Jul 90 Communications Télédiffusion de France
119) Skynet 4C 13th Military 30 Aug 90 Communications United Kingdom
110) Eutelsat II F-1 105th Civilian 30 Aug 90 Communications Eutelsat
11-) Ulysses 106th Civilian 6 Oct 90 Planetary probe ESA, NASA
120) Inmarsat II F-1 107th Civilian 30 Oct 90 Communications Inmarsat
1 9 9 1 (9 European spacecrafts in 143 missions = 6 %)
121) NATO 4A 14th Military 8 Jan 91 Communications NATO
122) Eutelsat II F-2 108th Civilian 15 Jan 91 Communications Eutelsat
123) Meteosat 5 / MOP 2 109th Civilian 2 Mar 91 Meteorology ESA
124) Inmarsat II F-2 110th Civilian 8 Mar 91 Communications Inmarsat
125) ERS 1 111th Civilian 17 Jul 91 Earth remote sensing ESA
126) Eutelsat II F-3 112th Civilian 7 Dec 91 Communications Eutelsat
127) Telecom 2A 113th Civilian 16 Dec 91 Communications France Télécom
128) Inmarsat II F-3 114th Civilian 16 Dec 91 Communications Inmarsat
129) Magion 3 115th Civilian 18 Dec 91 Earth sciences Czechoslovakia
1 9 9 2 (10 European spacecrafts in 135 missions = 7½ %)
130) Telecom 2B 116th Civilian 15 Apr 92 Communications France Télécom
131) Inmarsat II F-4 117th Civilian 15 Apr 92 Communications Inmarsat
132) Eutelsat II F-4 118th Civilian 10 Jul 92 Communications Eutelsat
133) Eureca 1 119th Civilian 31 Jul 92 Material processing ESA
134) TSS-1 120th Civilian 31 Jul 92 Earth sciences Italy
135) Topex-Poseidon 121st Civilian 10 Aug 92 Ocean studies France, NASA
136) S80-T 122nd Civilian 10 Aug 92 Technology France
137) Hispasat 1A 123rd Civilian 10 Sep 92 Communications Spain (Hispasat)
138) Freja 124th Civilian 6 Oct 92 Earth sciences Sweden, Germany
139) Lageos 2 125th Civilian 22 Oct 92 Geodesy Italy (ASI)
1 9 9 3 (5 European spacecrafts in 118 missions = 4 %)
140) Hispasat 1B 126th Civilian 22 Jul 93 Communications Spain (Hispasat)
141) SPOT 3 127th Civilian 26 Sep 93 Earth remote sensing France (CNES)
142) STELLA 128th Civilian 26 Sep 93 Geodesy France
143) Meteosat 6 / MOP 3 129th Civilian 20 Nov 93 Meteorology ESA
144) NATO IVB (USA 98) 15th Military 8 Dec 93 Communications NATO
1 9 9 4 (3 European spacecrafts in 130 missions = 1½ %)
145) Eutelsat II F-5 130th Civilian 24 Jan 94 ... Communications Eutelsat
146) Tubsat B 131st Civilian 25 Jan 94 Technology Germany
147) BREMSAT 132nd Civilian 3 Feb 94 Science & technology Germany
1 9 9 5 (10 European spacecrafts in 113 missions = 9 %)
148) Astrid 133rd Civilian 24 Jan 95 Earth sciences Sweden
149) Hot Bird 1 / Eutelsat HBI 134th Civilian 28 Mar 95 Communications Eutelsat
150) GFZ 1 135h Civilian 19 Apr 95 Geodesy Germany
151) ERS 2 136h Civilian 21 Apr 95 Earth remote sensing ESA
152) Helios 1A 16th Military 7 Jul 95 Reconnaissance France (Defense)
153) Cerise 17th Military 7 Jul 95 Electronic intelligence France (Defense)
154) Magion 4 137th Civilian 2 Aug 95 Earth sciences Czechoslovakia
155) ISO 138th Civilian 17 Nov 95 Astronomy ESA
156) SOHO 139th Civilian 2 Dec 95 Astronomy ESA
157) Telecom 2C 140th Civilian 6 Dec 95 Communications France Télécom
1 9 9 6 (12 European spacecrafts in 112 missions = 10½ 0%)
158) TSS-1R 141st Civilian 22 Feb 96 Technology Italy (ASI)
159) Inmarsat III F1 142nd Civilian 3 Apr 96 Communications Inmarsat
160) SAX / BeppoSAX 143rd Civilian 30 Apr 96 Astronomy Italy (ASI)
161) Cluster F1 144th Civilian 4 Jun 96 Earth sciences ESA
162) Cluster F2 145th Civilian 4 Jun 96 Earth sciences ESA
163) Cluster F3 146th Civilian 4 Jun 96 Earth sciences ESA
164) Cluster F4 147th Civilian 4 Jun 96 Earth sciences ESA
165) Telecom 2D 148th Civilian 8 Aug 96 Communications France Télécom
166) Magion 5 / S2-A 149th Civilian 29 Aug 96 Earth sciences Czech Republic
167) Inmarsat III F2 150th Civilian 6 Sep 96 Communications Inmarsat
168) Hot Bird 2 / Eutelsat HB2 151st Civilian 21 Nov 96 Communications Eutelsat
169) Inmarsat III F3 152nd Civilian 18 Dec 96 Communications Inmarsat
1 9 9 7 (10 European spacecrafts in 158 missions = 7½ %)
170) Minisat 01 153rd Civilian 21 Apr 97 Earth observations Spain (INTA)
171) Inmarsat III F4 154th Civilian 3 Jun 97 Communications Inmarsat
172) Meteosat 7 / MTP 1 155th Civilian 2 Sep 97 Meteorology EMSO
173) Hot Bird 3 156th Civilian 2 Sep 97 Communications ETSO
174) Mirka 157th Civilian 9 Oct 97 Technology Germany
175) Huygens 158th Civilian 15 Oct 97 Planetary probe ESA
176) Ariane 502 / Maqsat H / TEAMSAT 159th Civilian 30 Oct 97 Technology ESA
177) Maqsat B 160th Civilian 30 Oct 97 Technology ESA
178) Equator-S 161st Civilian 2 Dec 97 Earth-Sun studies Germany
179) Inspector 162nd Civilian 5 Dec 97 Technology Germany
1 9 9 8 (12 European spacecrafts in 174 missions = 7 %)
180) Skynet 4D 18th Military 10 Jan 98 Communications United Kingdom
181) Inmarsat III F5  163rd Civilian 4 Feb 98 Communications Inmarsat
182) Hot Bird 4 164th Civilian 27 Feb 98 Communications Eutelsat
183) SPOT 4 165h Civilian 24 Mar 98 Earth remote sensing France (CNES)
184) Tubsat N 166th Civilian 7 Jul 98 Communications Germany (TUB)
185) Tubsat N1 167th Civilian 7 Jul 98 Communications Germany (TUB)
186) SAFIR-2 168th Civilian 10 Jul 98 Technology Germany (TUB)
187) Eutelsat W2 169th Civilian 8 Oct 98 Communications Eutelsat
188) Hot Bird 5 / Eutelsat HB5 170th Civilian 9 Oct 98 Communications Eutelsat
189) Maqsat 3 171st Civilian 21 Oct 98 Technology ESA
190) ARD 172nd Civilian 21 Oct 98 Technology ESA
191) Astrid 2 173rd Civilian 10 Dec 98 Earth sciences Sweden
1 9 9 9 (8 European spacecrafts in 133 missions = 6 %)
192) Orsted 174th Civilian 23 Feb 99 Earth sciences Danmark
193) Skynet 4E 19th Military 26 Feb 99 Communications United Kingdom
194) Eutelsat W3 175th Civilian 12 Apr 99 Communications Eutelsat
195) ABRIXAS 176th Civilian 28 Apr 99 Astronomy Germany (DLR)
196) DLR-TUBSAT 177th Civilian 26 May 99 Earth imaging Germany (DLR)
197) Helios 1B 20th Military 3 Dec 99 Reconnaissance France (Defense)
198) Clementine 21st Military 3 Dec 99 Electonic intelligence France (Defense)
199) XMM / XMM-Newton 178th Civilian 10 Dec 99 Astronomy ESA
2 0 0 0 (17 European spacecrafts in 131 missions = 11½ %)
200) Hispasat 1C 179th Civilian 3 Feb 00 Communications Spain
201) IRDT 180th Civilian 8 Feb 00 Technology ESA
202) Sesat 181st Civilian 17 Apr 00 Communications Eutelsat
203) Eutelsat W4 182nd Civilian 24 May 00 Communications Eutelsat
204) SNAP 1 183rd Civilian 28 Jun 00 Technology United Kingdom
205) MITA / MITA-O 184th Civilian 15 Jul 00 Earth/space studies Italy (ISA)
206) CHAMP 185th Civilian 15 Jul 00 Geophysics Germany (GFZ)
207) Rubin / Bird-Rubin 186th Civilian 15 Jul 00 Technology Germany
208) Samba / Cluster II FM7 187th Civilian 16 Jul 00 Earth sciences ESA
209) Salsa / Cluster II FM8 188th Civilian 16 Jul 00 Earth sciences ESA
210) Rumba / Cluster II FM5 (Phoenix) 189th Civilian 9 Aug 00 Earth sciences ESA
211) Tango / Cluster II FM8 190th Civilian 9 Aug 00 Earth sciences ESA
212) Eutelsat W1 191st Civilian 6 Sep 00 Communications Eutelsat
213) UniSat 192nd Civilian 26 Sep 00 Technology Italy (GAUSS)
214) STRV-1c 193rd Civilian 16 Nov 00 Technology United Kingdom
215) STRV-1d 194th Civilian 16 Nov 00 Technology United Kingdom
216) Munin 195th Civilian 21 Nov 00 Technology Sweden (IRF)
2 0 0 1 (8 European spacecrafts in 93 missions = 8½ %)
217) Sicral 22nd Military 7 Feb 01 Communications Italy (Defense)
218) Skynet 4F 23rd Military 7 Feb 01 Communications United Kingdom
219) Odin 196th Civilian 20 Feb 01 Earth sciences Sweden (NSP)
220) Eurobird 197th Civilian 8 Mar 01 Communications Eutelsat
221) Artemis 198th Civilian 12 Jul 01 Technology ESA
222) Atlantic Bird 2 199th Civilian 25 Sep 01 Communications Eutelsat
223) PROBA 200th Civilian 22 Oct 01 Technology Belgium
224) Jason 1 201st Civilian 3 Dec 01 Earth sciences France (CNES), NASA
2 0 0 2 (12 European spacecrafts in 101 missions = 10 %)
225) Envisat 202nd Civilian 1 Mar 02 Earth remote sensing ESA
226) SPOT 5 203rd Civilian 4 May 02 Earth remote sensing France
227) Atlantic Bird 3 / Stellat 5 204th Civilian 5 Jul 02 Communications France Télécom, 
Europe*Star
228) Hot Bird 6 / Eutelsat HB6 205th Civilian 21 Aug 02 Communications Eutelsat
22+) Atlantic Bird 1 206th Civilian 28 Aug 02 Communications Eutelsat
230) MSG 1 207th Civilian 28 Aug 02 Meteorology Eumetsat
231) Hispasat 1D 208th Civilian 18 Sep 02 Communications Spain
232) Integral 209th Civilian 17 Oct 02 Astronomy ESA
233) Eutelsat W5 210th Civilian 20 Nov 02 Communications Eutelsat
234) Stentor 211th Civilian 11 Dec 02 Communications France
235) Hot Bird 7 212th Civilian 11 Dec 02 Communications Eutelsat
236) Unisat-2 213th Civilian 20 Dec 02 Technology Italy (University 
of Roma)
2 0 0 3 (8 European spacecrafts in 97 missions = 7 %)
237) Hellas Sat 2 214th Civilian 13 May 06 Communications HellaSat (Greek-Chyprius)
238) Mars Express 215th Civilian 2 Jun 03 Planetary probe ESA
239) Beagle-2 216th Civilian 2 Jun 03 Planetary probe ESA-United Kingdom
240) Mimosa 217th Civilian 30 Jun 03 Earth sciences Czech Republic
241) e-Bird 218th Civilian 27 Sep 03 Communications Eutelsat
242) SMART-1 219th Civilian 27 Sep 03 Planetary probe ESA
243) UK-DMC / BNSCSat 220th Civilian 27 Sep 03 Earth imaging United Kingdom (BNSC)
244) Rubin-4-DSI 221st Civilian 27 Sep 03 Technology Germany
2 0 0 4 (13 European spacecrafts in 77 missions = 15½ %)
245) Rosetta 222nd Civilian 2 Mar 04 Planetary probe ESA
246) Philae 223rd Civilian 2 Mar 04 Planetary probe ESA
247) Eutelsat W3A 224th Civilian 15 Mar 04 Communications Eutelsat
248) Demeter 225th Civilian 29 Jun 04 Earth sciences France (CNES)
249) Unisat-3 226th Civilian 29 June 2004  Technology Italy
250) Amazonas 1 227th Civilian 4 Aug 04 Communications Spain (Hispasat)
251) Helios 2A 24th Military 18 Dec 04 Reconnaissance France/Europe
252) Parasol 228th Civilian 18 Dec 04 Earth sciences France (CNES)
253) Nanosat 229th Civilian 18 Dec 04 Technology Spain (INTA)
254) Essaim 1 25th Military 18 Dec 04 Signal intelligence France (Defense)
255) Essaim 2 26th Military 18 Dec 04 Signal intelligence France (Defense)
256) Essaim 3 27th Military 18 Dec 04 Signal intelligence France (Defense)
257) Essaim 4 28th Military 18 Dec 04 Signal intelligence France (Defense)
2 0 0 5 (15 European spacecrafts in 78 missions = 19 %)
258) XTAR-EUR 230th Civilian 12 Feb05 Communications Spain (Hisdesat/XTAR)
259) Maqsat-B2 231st Civilian 12 Feb05 Technology ESA
260) Sloshsat-FLEVO 232nd Civilian 12 Feb05 Technology ESA / Dutch
261) Inmarsat 4 F1 233rd Civilian 11 Mar 05 Communications Inmarsat
262) Cryosat 234th Civilian 8 Oct 05 Earth/space science ESA
263) Syracuse 3A 29th Military 13 Oct 05 Communications France (DGA)
264) TopSat 235th Civilian 27 Oct 05 Earth imaging United Kingdom
265) SSETI-Express 236th Civilian 27 Oct 05 Technology European Union
266) UWE 1 237th Civilian 27 Oct 05 Technology Germany
267) NCube-2 238th Civilian 27 Oct 05 Technology Norway
268) Rubin 5 239th Civilian 27 Oct 05 Technology Germany
269) Inmarsat 4 F2  240th Civilian 8 Nov 05 Communications Inmarsat
270) Venus Express (VEX) 241st Civilian 9 Nov 05 Planetary probe ESA
271) MSG-2 / Meteosat 9 242nd Civilian 21 Dec 05 Meteorology Eumetsat
272) Giove A 243rd Civilian 28 Dec 05 Technology ESA-EC
2 0 0 6 (9 European spacecrafts in 116 missions = 7 %)
273) Hot Bird 7A 244th Civilian 11 Mar 06 M Communications Eutelsat
274) Spainsat 30th Military 11 Mar 06 M Communications Spain's HISDESAT
275) CALIPSO 245th Civilian 28 Apr 06 C Earth/Space Science NASA/CNES
276) Unisat-4  246th Civilian 26 Jul 06 C Student Experimentation Universita di Roma
277) Hot Bird 8 247th Civilian 4 Aug 06 C Communications Eutelsat
278) Syracuse 3B 31th Military 11 Aug 06 M Communications France (DGA)
279) METOP A 248th Civilian 19 Oct 06 C Meteorology Eumetsat
280) SAR-Lupe 1 32nd Military 19 Dec 06 M Photo Surveillance (radar) Germany Defense Ministry
281) Corot 249th Civilian 27 Dec 06 C Astronomy France (CNES)
2 0 0 7 (9 European spacecrafts in 123 missions = 7 %)
282) Skynet 5A 33rd Military 11 Mar 07 M Communications UK Ministry of Defemce
283) AGILE 250th Civilian 23 Apr 07 C Astronomy Italy (ASI)
284) COSMO-Skymed 1 / COSMO-1 251st Civilian 8 Jun 07 C Earth Remote Sensing Italy (ASI)
285) TerraSAR-X 252nd Civilian 15 Jun 07 C Earth Remote Sensing Germany
286) SAR-Lupe 2 34th Military 2 Jul 07 M Radar Surveaillance German Defence Ministre
287) YES-2 / Fotino 253rd Civilian 14 Sep 07 C Amateur/Students ESA/Students
288) SAR-Lupe 3 35th Military 1 Nov 07 M Radar Surveillance Germany Defense Ministry
289) Skynet 5B 36th Military 14 Nov 07 M Communications United Kingdom Ministry of Defense
290) COSMO SkyMed-2 254th Civilian 9 Dec 07 C Earth Remote Sensing Italy 
2 0 0 8 (11 European spacecrafts in 111 missions = 10 %)
291) Columbus 255th Civilian 7 Feb 08 C Space Station Component ESA
292) ATV-1 Jules Verne 256th Civilian 9 Mar 08 C Cargo Spaceship ESA
293) SAR-Lupe 4 37th Military 27 Mar 08 M Radar Surveaillance German Ministry 
of Defense
294) GIOVE-B 257th Civilian 26 Apr 08 C Technology (Navigation) Europe
295) RUBIN-8 258th Civilian 28 Apr 08 C Amateur/Student (Technology) Germany (COSMOS International)
296) Skynet 5C 38th Military 12 Jun 08 M Communications British Ministry of Defemce
-- OSTM/Jason 2 (Civilian) 20 Jun 08 C Earth/Space Science
(Ocean observations)
NASA, CNES, Eumetsat, NOAA
297) SAR-Lupe 5 39th Military 22 Jul 08 M Radar Surveaillance German Ministry 
of Defense
298) Inmarsat 4 F3 259th Civilian 18 Aug 08 C Communications Inmarsat
299) COSMO-Skymed 3 / COSMO-3 260th Civilian 25 Oct 08 M Radar Surveillance Italy (ASI & Defense)
300) Hot Bird 9 261st Civilian 20 Dec 08 C Communications Eutelsat
301) W2M  262nd Civilian 20 Dec 08 C Communications Eutelsat
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2 0 0 9 (17 European spacecrafts in 129 missions = 13 %)
302) Hot Bird 10 263rd Civilian 12 Feb 09 C Communications
303) Spirale A 40th Military 12 Feb 09 M Technology
(Early Warning)
304) Spirale B 41st Military 12 Feb 09 M Technology
(Early Warning)
305) GOCE 264th Civilian 17 Mar 09 C Earth/Space Science
306) Eutelsat W2A 265th Civilian 3 Apr 09 C Communications
307) SICRAL 1B 42nd Military 20 Apr 09 M Communications
308) Herschel 266th Civilian 14 May 09 C Astronomy
309) Planck 267th Civilian 14 May 09 C Astronomy
310) Deimos 1 268th Civilian 29 Jul 09 C Earth Imaging
311) DMC-2 / UK-DMC 2 269th Civilian 29 Jul 09 C Earth Imaging
312) Nanosat-1B 270th Civilian 29 Jul 09 C Technology
313) Amazonas 2 271st Civilian 1 Oct  09 C Communications
314) COMSATBw-1 43rd Military 1 Oct  09 M Communications
315) SMOS 272nd Civilian 2 Nov 09 C Earth/Space Sciences
316) PROBA-2 273rd Civilian 2 Nov 09 C Technology
317) Eutelsat W7 274th Civilian 23 Nov 09 C Communications
318) Helios 2B 44th Military 18 Dec 09 M Photo Surveillance
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2 0 1 0 (10 European spacecrafts in 129 missions = 8 %)
319) CryoSat-2 275th Civilian 8 Apr 10 C Earth/Space Science
320) ComsatBw-2 45th Military 20 May 10 M Communications
321) Picard 276th Civilian 15 Jun 10 C Solar Observatory
322) PRISMA-Mango 277th Civilian 15 Jun 10 C Technology
323) PRISMA-Tango 278th Civilian 15 Jun 10 C Technology
324) Tandem-X 279th Civilian 21 Jun 10 C Earth Remote Sensing
325) Eutelsat W3B 280th Civilian 28 Oct 10 C Communications
326) COSMO-SkyMed 4 281st Civilian 6 Nov 10 C Earth Remote Sensing
327) KA-SAT 282nd Civilian 29 Dec 10 C Communications
328) Hispasat 1E 283rd Civilian 29 Dec 10 C Communications
2 0 1 1 (10 European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
329) ATV-2 Johannes Kepler 284th Civilian 16 Feb 11 C Cargo Delivery
330) Atlantic Bird 7 285th Civilian 24 Sep 11 C Communications
331) Eutelsat W3C 286th Civilian 7 Oct 11 C Communications
-- Megha-Tropiques (Civilian, Indian) 12 Oct 11 C Earth/Space Sciences
332) Galileo IOV PFM 287th Civilian 21 Oot 11 C Navigation
333) Galileo IOV FM2 288th Civilian 21 Oot 11 C Navigation
334) Pleiades 1 46th Military 17 Dec 11 M Surveillance
335) Elisa 47th Military 17 Dec 11 M Electronic Intel
336) Elisa 48th Military 17 Dec 11 M Electronic Intel
337) Elisa 49th Military 17 Dec 11 M Electronic Intel
338) Elisa 50th Military 17 Dec 11 M Electronic Intel
2 0 1 2 (13 European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
339) LARES 289th Civilian 13 Feb 12 C Earth/Space Science
340) LARES A&H/SS 290th Civilian 13 Feb 12 C Technology
341) ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi 291st Civilian 23 Mar 12 C Cargo Delivery
342) MSG 3 / Meteosat 10 292nd Civilian 5 Jul 12 C Meteorology
343) TET-1 293rd Civilian 22 Jul 12 C Technology
344) SPOT 6 294th Civilian 9 Sep 12 C Earth Remote Sensing
345) METOP-B 295th Civilian 17 Sep 12 C Meteorology
346) Galileo IOV-3 / GSAT0103 296th Civilian 12 Oct 12 C Navigation
347) Galileo IOV-4 / GSAT0104 297th Civilian 12 Oct 12 C Navigation
348) Eutelsat 21B 298th Civilian 10 Nov 12 C Communications
349) Pleiades 1B  299th Civilian
(Also military)
2 Dec 12 C Earth Remote Sensing (& Surveillance)
350) W5A / Eutelsat 70B 300th Civilian 3 Dec 12 C Communications
351) Skynet 5D 51st Military 19 Dec 12 M Communications
2 0 1 3 (17 European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
352) Amazonas 3 301st Civilian 7 Feb 13 C Communications
353) SARAL 302nd Civilian 25 Feb13 C Earth?Space Sciences
354) BRITE-A / TUGSAT-1 / BRITE-AUSTRIA 303rd Civilian 25 Feb13 C Astronom
355) BRITE-U / UniBRITE / CANX-3 304th Civilian 25 Feb13 C Astronom
356) Proba-V 305th Civilian 7 May 13 C Earth Remote Sensing
357) Eutelsat 3D 306th Civilian 14 May 13 C Communications
358) ATV-4 Albert Einstein 307th Civilian 5 Jun 13 C Cargo Delivery
359) Alphasat I / Inmarsat-4A F4 308th Civilian 28 Jul 13 C Communications
360) Eutelsat 25B / Es'hail  309th Civilian 29 Aug 13 C Communications
361) OPTOS 310th Civilian 21 Nov 13 C Technology
362) Unisat-5 311th Civilian 21 Nov 13 C Technology
363) Lem 312th Civilian 21 Nov 13 C Astronomy
364) SWARM-1 313th Civilian 22 Nov 13 C Earth/Space Sciences
365) SWARM-2 314th Civilian 22 Nov 13 C Earth/Space Sciences
366) SWARM-3 315th Civilian 22 Nov 13 C Earth/Space Sciences
367) Inmarsat 5 F1 316th Civilian 8 Dec 13 C Communications
368) Gaia 317th Civilian 19 Dec 13 C Astronomy
2 0 1 4 ( European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
369) Athena-Fidus 52nd Military 6 Feb 14 M Communications
370) Amazonas-4A 318th Civilian 22 Mar 14 C Communications
371) Sentinel 1A 319th Civilian 3 Apr 14 C Earth Remote Sensing
372) Eutelsat 3B 320th Civilian 26 May 14 C Communications
373) Deimos 2 321st Civilian 19 Jun 14 C Earth Remote Sensing
374) Unisat 6 322nd Civilian 19 Jun 14 C Technology
375) SPOT 7 323rd Civilian 30 Jun 14 C Earth Remote Sensing
376) AISat 1 324th Civilian 30 Jun 14 C Technology 
377) TDS 1 / TechDemoSat 1 325th Civilian 8 Jul 14 C Technology
378) AISSat 2 326th Civilian 8 Jul 14 C Technology
379) ATV-5 Georges Lemaître 327th Civilian 29 Jul 14 C Cargo Delivery
380) BRITE-PL 2 328th Civilian 19 Aug 14 C Astronomy
381) Galileo-FOC FM1 329th Civilian 22 Aug 14 C Navigatin
382) Galileo-FOC FM1 330th Civilian 22 Aug 14 C Navigatin
382) MASCOT 331st Civilian 3 Dec 14 C Planetary Probe 
(Asteroid lander)
2 0 1 5 ( European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
382) Inmarsat 5 F2 332nd Civilian 1 Feb 15 C Communications
-- IXV n/a 11 Feb 15 C Technology
-- AVUM n/a 11 Feb 15 C Technology
382) Eutelsat 115 We 333rd Civilian 2 Mar 15 C Communications
382) Galileo 7 334th Civilian 27 Mar 15 C Navigation
382) Galileo 8 335th Civilian 27 Mar 15 C Navigation
2 0 1 6 ( European spacecrafts in  missions =  %)
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