Orbital Launch Attempts by Country 2023
Source:
Wikipedia, 2023 in spaceflight
Key Findings
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United States leads in Orbital Launch Attempts with 116 in 2023.
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Average Orbital Launch Attempts in 2023: 20.27 · median: 3.
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Gap in 2023: United States is 116× larger than Italy.
About This Dataset
Orbital Launch Attempts by Country 2023
Every attempt to place a payload in orbit during the 2023 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
223 orbital launches were attempted in 2023 and 211 reached orbit. The United States flew 116 of them, 52.0% of the world total and 1.7 times the 67 of China. Together the top two flew 82.1% of all attempts, leaving 40 for the other 9 countries. 7 of the 11 countries attempted three launches or fewer.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, 2023 in spaceflight
- Coverage
- 11 entities · 2023 · 11 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 2023.
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