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World

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  • Max launches in one year: 139 launches in 1967
  • Max successful launches in one year: 127 launches in 1983 and 1984

Number of launches by country: (at 5 January 2021)

  • Russia/USSR - 3,206
  • USA - 1,775
  • China - 387
  • Europe - 274
  • Ukraine - 128
  • Japan - 124
  • India - 76
  • France - 12
  • Iran - 12
  • Israel - 11
  • North Korea - 5
  • South Korea - 3
  • UK - 2
  • Brazil - 2
  • Australia - 1

By rocket

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Number of launches by rocket model:

Number of consecutive successful launches without any failure or partial failure:

  • Soyuz-U - 112 - in 7 years (Retired)
  • Falcon 9 - 103 - in 5 years
  • Delta II - 100 - in 22 years (Retired)

Number of max launches in one year by rocket family:

  • Long March: 49 in 2021
  • Soyuz: 47 in 1979
  • Kosmos: 34 in 1971
  • Voskhod - 32 in 1969 and 1973
  • Falcon 9: 31 in 2021

By country

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  • Max launches in one year: Soviet Union - 108 launches in 1982
  • Max successful launches in one year: Soviet Union - 99 launches in 1982
  • Soviet Union - 116 consecutive successful launches between these two failed launches: 26 Sep 1983 - Soyuz-U - and - 27 Nov 1984 - Tsiklon-3

China launches by year:

  • 2021 - 56
  • 2020 - 39
  • 2019 - 34
  • 2017 - 18
  • 2013 - 15
  • 2009 - 6
  • Max launches in one year: 56 launches in 2021
  • Max successful launches in one year: 53 launches in 2021

USA launches by year:

  • 2021 - 51
  • 2020 - 44
  • 2019 - 27
  • 2016 - 22
  • 2015 - 20
  • 2012 - 13
  • Max launches in one year: 78 launches in 1966
  • Max successful launches in one year: 74 launches in 1966

List of orbital launches by year

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Year Launches Success Failure Partial failure Catalogued
2021 145 135 9 1 -
2020 114 104 10 0 104
2019 102 97 5 0 97
2018 114 111 2 1 112
2017 91 83 6 2 86
2016 85 82 2 1 83
  • Max launches in one year: 145 launches in 2021, 139 launches in 1967
  • Max successful launches in one year: 135 launches in 2021, 127 launches in 1983 and 1984
  • Min launches in one year: 52 launches in 2005
  • Max Soviet launches in one year: 108 in 1982
  • Max American launches in one year: 78 in 1966
  • Max Chinese launches in one year: 56 in 2021
  • Max European launches in one year: 12 in 1997, 2000 and 2002
  • Max Indian launches in one year: 7 in 2016 and 2018

Satellites

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According to the Union of Concerned Scientists database, 2,788 of the 4,550 satellites in operating orbit are US-owned, with 431 Chinese and 167 Russian. More than a quarter of that total has been put into orbit this year, with the US supplying 891 of the 1,178 new craft. [1]

https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/satellite-database

4,550 satellites at Sep 1, 2021

  • USA - 2,805
  • China - 467
  • UK - 349
  • Russia - 168
  • Japan - 91
  • India - 61
  • Canada - 57
  • Germany - 47
  • France - 31
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Category:Spaceflight