Busiest Spaceports by Orbital Launches 2022

Source:  Wikipedia, 2022 in spaceflight

Busiest Spaceports by Orbital Launches 2022

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Key Findings

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Cape Canaveral (United States) leads in Orbital Launches with 38 in 2022.
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Average Orbital Launches in 2022: 14.50  ·  median: 13.50.
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Gap in 2022: Cape Canaveral (United States) is 7.6× larger than Satish Dhawan (India).

About This Dataset

Busiest Spaceports by Orbital Launches 2022
Orbital launch attempts flown from each spaceport during 2022, successful or not. A launch is credited to the pad it lifted off from, so sites shared by several operators pool their flights. Suborbital launches, which many of these sites also host, are not counted.
Analysis

Cape Canaveral hosted 38 orbital launches in 2022, 20.4% of the 186 flown worldwide, ahead of Jiuquan on 25. The 12 busiest sites handled 174 launches, 93.5% of the year's total. 3 of them are in the United States and 4 in China. The smallest entry on the chart, Satish Dhawan, flew 5.

Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
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12 categories  ·  1 year
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Top Value
38
Cape Canaveral (United States)
Orbital Launches · 2022
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Metrics
1
Orbital Launches
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Period
2022
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
Wikipedia, 2022 in spaceflight
Coverage
12 entities · 2022 · 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 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 2022.

Rankings & Full Data

12 records · Orbital Launches · ranked by 2022

✓ 12 sourced
# Category 2022 Source
🥇 Cape Canaveral (United States) 38
🥈 Jiuquan (China) 25
🥉 Kennedy (United States) 19
4 Vandenberg (United States) 16
5 Xichang (China) 16
6 Taiyuan (China) 14
7 Plesetsk (Russia) 13
8 Māhia (New Zealand) 9
9 Baikonur (Kazakhstan) 7
10 Kourou (France) 6
11 Wenchang (China) 6
12 Satish Dhawan (India) 5

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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