2001 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2001 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.
Launches
August
Orbital launch statistics
By country
For the purposes of this section, the yearly tally of orbital launches by country assigns each flight to the country of origin of the rocket, not to the launch services provider or the spaceport.By orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Achieved | Not achieved | Accidentally achieved | Remarks |
| Low Earth / Sun-synchronous | 29 | 28 | 1 | 0 | Including flights to ISS and Mir |
| Geosynchronous /GTO | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | GSLV launch failure left satellite in useless transfer orbit |
| Medium Earth / Molniya | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Ariane 5 partial failure left payloads in a useless medium earth orbit. One satellite was able to correct itself to the intended geostationary transfer orbit. |
| Heliocentric orbit / Planetary transfer | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 57 | 2 | 1 |