Number of launches by country: (at 5 January 2021)
Number of launches by rocket model:
Number of consecutive successful launches without any failure or partial failure:
Number of max launches in one year by rocket family:
Year | Launches | Success | Failure | Partial failure | Catalogued |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | 145 | 135 | 9 | 1 | - |
2020 | 114 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 104 |
2019 | 102 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 97 |
2018 | 114 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 112 |
2017 | 91 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 86 |
2016 | 85 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists database, 2,788 of the 4,550 satellites in operating orbit are US-owned, with 431 Chinese and 167 Russian. More than a quarter of that total has been put into orbit this year, with the US supplying 891 of the 1,178 new craft. [1]
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database
4,550 satellites at Sep 1, 2021
Number of launches by country: (at 5 January 2021)
Number of launches by rocket model:
Number of consecutive successful launches without any failure or partial failure:
Number of max launches in one year by rocket family:
Year | Launches | Success | Failure | Partial failure | Catalogued |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | 145 | 135 | 9 | 1 | - |
2020 | 114 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 104 |
2019 | 102 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 97 |
2018 | 114 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 112 |
2017 | 91 | 83 | 6 | 2 | 86 |
2016 | 85 | 82 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists database, 2,788 of the 4,550 satellites in operating orbit are US-owned, with 431 Chinese and 167 Russian. More than a quarter of that total has been put into orbit this year, with the US supplying 891 of the 1,178 new craft. [1]
https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database
4,550 satellites at Sep 1, 2021