2006 in spaceflight
This article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs. 2006 saw Brazil, Iran, and Sweden all get a national into space for the first time.
Launches
August
Suborbital 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 | Failures | Accidentally achieved | Remarks | |
| Transatmospheric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Low Earth | 35 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 8 to ISS |
| Medium Earth / Molniya | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Geosynchronous / GTO | 24 | 22 | 2 | 0 | |
| High Earth / Lunar transfer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heliocentric / Planetary transfer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Solar escape | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 62 | 5 | 1 |