Space Statistics

December was the busiest month of 2025 with 40 orbital launch attempts, nine more than September and November, which tie...

SpaceX was responsible for 170 of the 329 orbital launch attempts in 2025, which is 51.7% of the world total. Its count...

Falcon 9 carried 3,842 satellites to orbit in 2025, 85.0% of the year's total, from 165 launches, which works out at abo...

Owners based in the United States had 3,716 satellites placed in orbit in 2025, or 82.2% of the 4,522 total. Taking away...

SpaceX's Starlink satellites total 3,169, which is 70.1% of the 4,522 satellites that reached orbit in 2025. Kuiper Syst...

Jiuquan hosted 22 orbital launches in 2021, 15.2% of the 145 flown worldwide, ahead of Cape Canaveral on 19. The 12 busi...

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...

146 orbital launches were attempted in 2021 and 135 reached orbit. China flew 56 of them, 38.4% of the world total and 1...

Cape Canaveral hosted 38 orbital launches in 2022, 20.4% of the 186 flown worldwide, ahead of Jiuquan on 25. The 12 busi...

Falcon 9 flew 61 times in 2022, 32.8% of the 186 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 2.5 times as often as Long Mar...

186 orbital launches were attempted in 2022 and 178 reached orbit. The United States flew 87 of them, 46.8% of the world...

The Falcon family flew 165 times in 2025, 50.0% of the 330 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 2.4 times the 69 of...

Cape Canaveral hosted 59 orbital launches in 2023, 26.5% of the 223 flown worldwide, ahead of Jiuquan on 36. The 16 busi...

Falcon 9 flew 96 times in 2023, 43.0% of the 223 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 3.8 times as often as Long Mar...

223 orbital launches were attempted in 2023 and 211 reached orbit. The United States flew 116 of them, 52.0% of the worl...

Cape Canaveral hosted 67 orbital launches in 2024, 25.7% of the 261 flown worldwide, ahead of Vandenberg on 47. The 12 b...

Falcon 9 flew 134 times in 2024, 51.3% of the 261 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 7.4 times as often as Long Ma...

261 orbital launches were attempted in 2024 and 253 reached orbit. The United States flew 156 of them, 59.8% of the worl...

Falcon 9 flew 165 times in 2025, 50.0% of the 330 orbital launches attempted worldwide and 9.2 times as often as Electro...

Cape Canaveral hosted 82 orbital launches in 2025, 24.8% of the 330 flown worldwide, ahead of Vandenberg on 66. The 12 b...

330 orbital launches were attempted in 2025 and 317 reached orbit. The United States accounted for 198 of them, 60.0% of...

Orbital periods grow much faster than distance from the Sun, exactly as Kepler's third law predicts: Neptune is 30 times...

The most important anomaly in this data sits at the top: Venus (464°C) is far hotter than Mercury (167°C) despite being...

Valeri Polyakov's 437-day mission has stood as the record since 1995 - he volunteered for it specifically to prove human...