Orbital Launch Attempts by Country 2024
Source:
Wikipedia, 2024 in spaceflight
Key Findings
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United States leads in Orbital Launch Attempts with 156 in 2024.
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Average Orbital Launch Attempts in 2024: 29 · median: 5.
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Gap in 2024: United States is 156× larger than North Korea.
About This Dataset
Orbital Launch Attempts by Country 2024
Every attempt to place a payload in orbit during the 2024 calendar year, credited to the country the launch vehicle comes from rather than to the payload or the launch site. Failed attempts count. Suborbital flights and test hops that never targeted orbit are excluded.
Analysis
261 orbital launches were attempted in 2024 and 253 reached orbit. The United States flew 156 of them, 59.8% of the world total and 2.3 times the 68 of China. Together the top two flew 85.8% of all attempts, leaving 37 for the other 7 countries. 5 of the 9 countries attempted five launches or fewer.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, 2024 in spaceflight
- Coverage
- 9 entities · 2024 · 9 observations
- Measure
- Orbital Launch Attempts
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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