Orbital launches by year:
1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 •Updates
2025-06-07: Suborbital launches like Starship test flights were removed from orbital launch counts. Some older stats may be changed (ex. total number of orbital launches in 2023 and 2024).
2025-04-22: Re-added images on rocket profile pages
2025-04-08: New charts: Launches by decades by each country
2025-04-06: New chart: BEO launches by decade
2025-03-23: Site updates added to the index page to be easier to see the latest changes sitewide and in the database.
2025-03-22: Rocket pages updated with details about different variants. These part is still work in progress.
2025-02-01: Last month, Falcon 9 surpassed Proton to become the 3rd most launched orbital rocket in history. A new page added to see the most launched rockets in history.
2025-01-25: A short summary at the top of the year pages to show total number of launches and failures.
2025-01-23: New map on year pages showing number of launches done by each country/group of countries.
Latest launches:
| Date | Site | Rocket | Payload | Notes | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Transporter 15 | success | |
| 2025-11-27 | Baikonur | Soyuz 2 1a | Soyuz MS-28 | M | success |
Post-launch inspection revealed that the rocket's exhaust plume seriousy damaged the launch pad infrastructure. The service cabin beneath the rocket collapsed, causing the secured rail-mounted platform to slide directly into the flame trench. | |||||
| 2025-11-26 | Naro | KSLV-2 | CAS500 3 / secondaries | success | |
| 2025-11-25 | Jiuquan | CZ-2F G | Shenzhou 22 | success | |
Unmanned launch to provide emergency landing capability to Tiangong crew, after Shenzhou 20 suspected to have problems. | |||||
| 2025-11-25 | Plesetsk | Angara 1.2 | Kosmos 2597 / 2598 / 2599 (Rodnik-S) | success | |
| 2025-11-23 | Vandenberg | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 11-30 | success | |
| 2025-11-22 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-79 | success | |
| 2025-11-21 | Cape Canaveral | Falcon 9 v1.2 B5 | Starlink 6-78 | success | |
| 2025-11-21 | Xichang | CZ-3B | TJS-21 | success | |
| 2025-11-20 | Ahuriri Point | Electron | BlackSky 22 | success | |
