Launch statistics

Building the archive: 140 of about 7650 launches loaded, up to December 1960. The free Launch Library API allows a few requests per hour, so the full history since 1957 fills in over several hours.

Orbital launch attempts140 since 1957
Success rate, all time60.7%
Launches in 202640

Launches per year

Stacked by the country of the launch site (Baikonur counts as Kazakhstan).

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Top launch providers

  1. United States Air Force 36 58%
  2. Soviet Space Program 19 47%
  3. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18 39%
  4. SpaceX 17 100%
  5. US Navy 17 18%
  6. Army Ballistic Missile Agency 9 44%
  7. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 6 100%
  8. Rocket Lab 4 100%
  9. LandSpace 2 100%
  10. Arianespace 1 100%
  11. Avio S.p.A 1 100%
  12. CAS Space 1 100%
  13. ExPace 1 100%
  14. Galactic Energy 1 100%
  15. Indian Space Research Organization 1 100%

Top rockets

  1. Thor Agena A 15 60%
  2. Falcon 9 Block 5 14 100%
  3. Vanguard 11 27%
  4. Vostok-L 8K72 9 33%
  5. Juno II 7 57%
  6. Juno-I 6 50%
  7. Little Joe 6 33%
  8. Project Pilot 6 0%
  9. Thor DM-21 Ablestar 5 60%
  10. Electron 4 100%
  11. Vostok 8K72 4 75%
  12. Atlas LV-3 Agena A 3 33%
  13. Thor Able I 3 33%
  14. Thor DM-21 Agena-B 3 67%
  15. Thor Delta 3 67%

Busiest launch sites

  1. US Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA 52 50%
  2. US Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA 29 72%
  3. KZ Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan 20 50%
  4. US Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia, USA 8 38%
  5. Air launch to Suborbital flight 6 0%
  6. CN Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China 6 100%
  7. NZ Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand 4 100%
  8. CN Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China 3 100%
  9. GF Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana 2 100%
  10. US Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 2 100%