Most-Launched Rockets of 2023

About This Dataset

Most-Launched Rockets of 2023
Orbital launches flown by each rocket type in 2023, counting attempts rather than successes. Variants that carry their own designation are listed separately, so the individual Long March numbers appear on their own lines instead of as one family entry.
Analysis

Falcon 9 flew 96 times in 2023, 43.0% of the 223 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 3.8 times as often as Long March 2 on 25. The 12 rockets here account for 185 launches, 83.0% of the year. 7 of them are Chinese, 2 American and 1 Russian. Behind the leader the chart is flat: every other rocket on it flew between 3 and 25 times.

Source:  Wikipedia, 2023 in spaceflight

Key Findings

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Falcon 9 (United States) leads in Orbital Launches with 96 in 2023.
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Average Orbital Launches in 2023: 15  ·  median: 7.
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Gap in 2023: Falcon 9 (United States) is 32× larger than PSLV (India).

Most-Launched Rockets of 2023

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
12
12 categories  ·  1 year
Top Value
96
Falcon 9 (United States)
Orbital Launches · 2023
Metrics
1
Orbital Launches
Period
2023
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
Wikipedia, 2023 in spaceflight
Coverage
12 entities · 2023 · 12 observations
Measure
Orbital Launches
Last updated
7 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2023.

Rankings & Full Data

12 records · Orbital Launches · ranked by 2023

✓ 12 sourced
# Category 2023 Source
🥇 Falcon 9 (United States) 96
🥈 Long March 2 (China) 25
🥉 Soyuz-2 (Russia) 17
4 Electron (United States) 9
5 Ceres-1 (China) 7
6 Long March 4 (China) 7
7 Kuaizhou-1 (China) 6
8 Long March 3 (China) 6
9 Chŏllima 1 (North Korea) 3
10 Long March 6 (China) 3
11 Long March 7 (China) 3
12 PSLV (India) 3

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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