Most-Launched Rockets of 2021
Source:
Wikipedia, 2021 in spaceflight
Key Findings
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Falcon 9 (United States) leads in Orbital Launches with 31 in 2021.
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Average Orbital Launches in 2021: 10.08 · median: 5.
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Gap in 2021: Falcon 9 (United States) is 10.3× larger than Vega (Italy).
About This Dataset
Most-Launched Rockets of 2021
Orbital launches flown by each rocket type in 2021, 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 31 times in 2021, 21.2% of the 146 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 1.4 times as often as Soyuz-2 on 22. The 12 rockets here account for 121 launches, 82.9% of the year. 6 of them are Chinese, 3 American and 1 Russian. Behind the leader the chart is flat: every other rocket on it flew between 3 and 22 times.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, 2021 in spaceflight
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2021 · 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 2021.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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