SPACE LAUNCH TOTALS BY DECADE 1957-2023 As of December 31, 2023 Orbital Space Launches Only by Ed Kyle, Last Update March 07, 2024 L = Launches F = Failures Launch vehicle failure counted when launch vehicle fails to inject payload into (or near) intended orbit. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Total L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alpha (Firefly) - - - - - - - 4(3) 4(3) Angara (KSLV-1) - - - - - 1(1) 2(1) - 3(2) Angara 1.2 - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0)x Angara A5/Briz M - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) Angara A5/Persei - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) Antares 1xx - - - - - - 5(1) - 5(1) Antares 230(+) - - - - - - 6(0) 7(0) 13(0) Ariane 1 - - 1(0) 10(2) - - - - 11(2) Ariane 2 - - - 6(1) - - - - 6(1) Ariane 3 - - - 11(1) - - - - 11(1) Ariane 4 - - - 6(0) 87(3) 23(0) - - 116(3) Ariane 5G - - - - 4(2) 12(1) - - 16(3) Ariane 5G+ - - - - - 3(0) - - 3(0) Ariane 5GS - - - - - 6(0) - - 6(0) Ariane 5ECA(+) - - - - - 23(1) 50(1) 11(0) 84(2) Ariane 5ES - - - - - 1(0) 7(0) - 8(0) Astra Rocket 3 - - - - - - - 7(5) 7(5) Athena 1/2 - - - - 6(2) 1(0) - - 7(2) Atlas NUS/SUS 1(0) 12(6) 14(1) 20(3) 8(0) - - - 55(10) Atlas Able 1(1) 2(2) - - - - - - 3(3) Atlas Mercury(UM) - 3(1) - - - - - - 3(1) Atlas Mercury(M) - 4(0) - - - - - - 4(0) Atlas Agena - 99(19) 10(1) - - - - - 109(20) Atlas Centaur - 19(5)* 31(4) 17(3) - - - - 67(12)* Atlas H - - - 5(0) - - - - 5(0) Atlas I - - - - 11(3) - - - 11(3) Atlas II(A/AS) - - - - 44(0) 19(0) - - 63(0) Atlas III(A/B) - - - - - 6(0) - - 6(0) Atlas 5 401 - - - - - 9(1) 29(0) 3(0) 41(1) Atlas 5 411 - - - - - 2(0) 3(0) 1(0) 6(0) Atlas 5 421 - - - - - 3(0) 4(0) 2(0) 9(0) Atlas 5 431 - - - - - 2(0) 1(0) - 3(0) Atlas 5 501 - - - - - - 6(0) 2(0) 8(0) Atlas 5 511 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) Atlas 5 521 - - - - - 2(0) - - 2(0) Atlas 5 531 - - - - - - 3(0) 2(0) 5(0) Atlas 5 541 - - - - - - 6(0) 3(0) 9(0) Atlas 5 551 - - - - - 1(0) 9(0) 3(0) 13(0) Atlas 5 N22 - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) Black Arrow - - 2(1) - - - - - 2(1) Ceres-1 (PRC) - - - - - - - 11(1) 11(1) Conestoga - - - - 1(1) - - - 1(1) CZ-1 (DF-3) - - 2(0) - - - - - 2(0) CZ-2(C)/FB-1 - - 11(5) 9(0) 10(0) 11(0) 22(1) 23(0) 86(6) CZ-2D - - - - 3(0) 8(0) 33(1) 41(0) 85(1) CZ-2E - - - - 7(2) - - - 7(2) CZ-2F (UM) - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 3(0) 3(0) 10(0) CZ-2F (M) - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) 6(0) 12(0) CZ-3(A/B/C) - - - 5(1) 15(3) 23(1) 78(1) 30(1) 151(7) CZ-4(A/B/C) - - - 1(0) 3(0) 14(0) 47(3) 38(0) 103(3) CZ-5(B) - - - - - - 3(1) 7(0) 10(1) CZ-6 - - - - - - 3(0) 8(0) 11(0) CZ-6A - - - - - - - 4(0) 4(0) CZ-7(A) - - - - - - 2(0) 11(1) 13(1) CZ-8 - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) CZ-11 - - - - - - 8(0) 9(0) 17(0) Chollima-1 - - - - - - - 3(2) 3(2) Delta 4M - - - - - 3(0) 1(0) - 4(0) Delta 4M+4,2 - - - - - 4(0) 11(0) - 15(0) Delta 4M+5,2 - - - - - - 2(0) - 2(0) Delta 4M+5,4 - - - - - 1(0) 7(0) - 8(0) Delta 4H - - - - - 3(1) 8(0) 4(0) 15(1) Diamant - 4(1) 8(2) - - - - - 12(3) Electron - - - - - - 10(1) 31(3)z 41(4)z Epsilon - - - - - - 4(0) 2(1) 6(1) Energia - - - 2(1) - - - - 2(1) Europa - 2(2) 2(2) - - - - - 4(4) Falcon 1 - - - - - 5(3) - - 5(3) Falcon 9 v1.0 - - - - - - 5(1) - 5(1) Falcon 9 v1.1 - - - - - - 15(1) - 15(1) Falcon 9 v1.2 - - - - - - 57(0)$$207(0) 264(0)$$ Falcon Heavy - - - - - - 3(0) 6(0) 9(0) H-2 - - - - 7(2) - - - 7(2) H-2A-202 - - - - - 5(0) 21(0) 6(0) 32(0) H-2A-2022 - - - - - 3(0) - - 3(0) H-2A-2024 - - - - - 7(1) - - 7(1) H-2A-204 - - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 1(0) 5(0) H-2B-304 - - - - - 1(0) 7(0) 1(0) 9(0) H-3-22S - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) Hyperbola-1 (SQX1) - - - - - - 1(0) 5(3) 6(3) India SLV - - 1(1) 3(1) - - - - 4(2) India ASLV - - - 2(2) 2(1) - - - 4(3) India PSLV - - - - 5(2) 5(0) 2(0) - 12(2) India PSLV-CA - - - - - 5(0) 9(0) 3(0) 17(0) India PSLV-XL - - - - - 1(0) 20(1) 4(0) 25(1) India PSLV-DL - - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) 3(0) India PSLV-QL - - - - - - 2(0) - 2(0) GSLV(Mk2) - - - - - 5(3) 8(2) 2(1) 15(6) GSLV Mk3 (LVM3) - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) 6(0)xx India SSLV - - - - - - - 2(1) 2(1) Jielong 1 (PRC) - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) Jielong 3 (PRC) - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) Juno I/SPARTA 6(3) 1(0) - - - - - - 7(3) Juno II 5(3) 5(3) - - - - - - 10(6) KT-1 (PRC) - - - - - 2(2) - - 2(2) KT-2 (PRC) - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) KZ-1 (PRC) - - - - - - 2(0) - 2(0) KZ-1A (PRC) - - - - - - 7(0) 17(2) 24(2) KZ-11 (PRC) - - - - - - - 2(1) 2(1) Lijian-1 (ZK-1A) - - - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) L4S/M4S (Japan) - 4(4) 5(1) - - - - - 9(5) M-III (Japan) - - 7(1) 8(0) 4(1) - - - 19(2) M-V (Japan) - - - - 2(0) 5(1) - - 7(1) SS-520 (Japan) - - - - - - 2(1) - 2(1) LauncherOne - - - - - - - 6(2) 6(2) Minotaur 1 (MM) - - - - - 8(0) 3(0) 1(0) 12(0) Minotaur 4(+)X) - - - - - - 4(0) 1(0) 5(0)$ Minotaur 5 - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) N-1(USSR) - 2(2) 2(2) - - - - - 4(4) Nuri (KSLV-2) - - - - - - - 3(1) 3(1) OS-M (PRC) - - - - - - 1(1) - 1(1) Pegasus - - - - 6(2) - - - 6(2) Pegasus H - - - - 3(0) 1(0) - - 4(0) Pegasus XL - - - - 19(3) 11(0) 4(0) 1(0) 35(3) Proton - 4(1) - - - - - - 4(1) Proton-K - 1(0) 13(2)% 9(1) 5(0) 1(0) - - 29(3)% Proton-K/D - 18(12) 21(3) - - - - - 39(15) Proton-K/DM - - 18(4) 47(2) 1(0) - - - 66(6) Proton-K/D-1 - - 3(0) 8(0) - - - - 11(0) Proton-K/D-2 - - - 2(0) 1(1) - - - 3(1) Proton-K/DM-2 - - - 37(4) 57(4) 14(0) 1(0) - 109(8) Proton-K/DM-2M - - - - 18(1) 24(1) - - 42(2) Proton-K/17S40 - - - - 4(0) 2(0) - - 6(0) Proton-K/Briz-M - - - - 1(1) 3(0) - - 4(1) Proton-M/Briz-M - - - - - 34(3) 64(6) 3(1) 101(10) Proton-M/DM-2 - - - - - 4(0) 2(0) - 6(0) Proton-M/DM-03 - - - - - - 5(2) 2(0) 7(2) Proton-M - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) R-7 Sputnik 4(1) 2(0) - - - - - - 6(1) R-7 Vostok (UM) 7(4) 73(11) 55(0) 24(0) 1(0) - - - 160(15) R-7 Vostok (M) - 6(0) - - - - - - 6(0) R-7 Voskhod (UM) - 111(4) 186(9) - - - - - 297(13) R-7 Voskhod (M) - 2(0) - - - - - - 2(0) R-7 Molniya (L) - 40(21) - - - - - - 40(21) R-7 Molniya-M - 20(2) 87(4) 110(4) 51(1) 11(1) 1(0) - 280(12) R-7 Soyuz (UM) - 8(0) 180(6) 395(8) 136(4) 59(1) 58(3) 23(0) 867(22) R-7 Soyuz (M) - 7(0) 25(1) 27(0) 21(0) 22(0) 39(1) 8(0) 149(2) R-7 Soyuz Ikar - - - - 6(0) - - - 6(0) R-7 Soyuz Fregat - - - - - 18(1) 59(3) 37(0) 114(4) R-7 Soyuz Volga - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) Soyuz 2-1v - - - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 4(0) Soyuz 2-1v/Volga - - - - - - 5(1) 2(0) 7(1) R-12 Kosmos 2(M) - 89(14) 75(6) - - - - - 164(20) R-14 Kosmos 1/3(M) - 30(7) 196(10) 156(6) 55(2) 24(1) 1(0) - 462(26) RS-18 Rokot - - - - 1(0) 12(1) 19(1) - 32(2) RS-18 Strela - - - - - 1(0) 2(0) - 3(0) R-29RM Shitl - - - - 1(0) 1(0) - - 2(0) R-29R Volna - - - - - 1(1) - - 1(1) R-36-0 - 20(1) 3(0) - - - - - 23(1) R-36 Tsyklon 2(A) - 10(2) 37(1) 48(0) 15(0) 3(0) - - 113(3) R-36 Tsyklon 3 - - 6(0) 75(4) 36(2) 5(2) - - 122(8) R-36M Dnepr - - - - 1(0) 12(1) 9(0) - 22(1) RS-1 - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) Safir (Iran) - - - - - 2(1) 6(3)y - 8(4)y Qased ((Iran) - - - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) Simorgh (Iran) - - - - - - 2(2) 3(3) 5(5) Qaem-100 - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) Saturn I/IB(UM) - 8(0)+ - - - - - - 8(0)+ Saturn I/IB(M) - 1(0) 4(0) - - - - - 5(0) Saturn V (UM) - 2(1) 1(0) - - - - - 3(1) Saturn V (M) - 5(0) 5(0) - - - - - 10(0) Scout - 53(13) 30(2) 11(0) 6(0) - - - 100(15) Shavit(Israel) - - - 1(0) 4(2) 3(1) 3(0) 2(0) 13(3) SFSLV (S. Korea) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) Start(-1) - - - - 4(1) 3(0) - - 7(1) SLS Blk 1 - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) STS (M) - - - 32(2) 64(0) 33(1) 6(0) - 135(3) Super Strypi - - - - - - 1(1) - 1(1) TaepoDong/Unha - - - - 1(1) 2(2) 3(1) - 6(4) Taurus(XL) - - - - 4(0) 4(2) 2(1) - 10(3) (Minotaur-C) Terran-1 - - - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) Thor Able(Star) 5(4) 21(7) - - - - - - 26(11) Thor Agena 8(4) 162(21) 15(1) - - - - - 185(26) Thor Burner - 14(1) 16(1) 1(1) - - - - 31(3) Thor Delta - 63(4) 2(0) - - - - - 65(4) Thor(LT) Delta - 11(2) 17(2) - - - - - 28(4) Thor(ELT) Delta - - 57(3) 35(1) 1(0) - - - 93(4) Thor(XLT) Delta II - - - 5(0) 82(2) 60(0) 8(0) - 155(2) Thor Delta III - - - - 2(2) 1(0) - - 3(2) Thor N1/N2 (Jap) - - 5(1) 10(0) - - - - 15(1) Thor H1 (Jap) - - - 5(0) 4(0) - - - 9(0) Tianlong-2 (PRC) - - - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) Titan II GLV(UM) - 1(0)# - - - - - - 1(0)# Titan II GLV(M) - 10(0) - - - - - - 10(0) Titan II 23G - - - 2(0) 3(0) 1(0) - - 6(0) Titan II 23G/Star - - - - 4(1) 3(0) - - 7(1) Titan IIIA - 4(1) - - - - - - 4(1) Titan IIIB - 24(1) 34(3) 10(1) - - - - 68(5) Titan IIIC - 13(3) 20(3) 3(0) - - - - 36(6) Titan IIID - - 17(0) 5(0) - - - - 22(0) Titan IIIE - - 7(1) - - - - - 7(1) Titan 34D/3Com - - - 15(3) 4(1) - - - 19(4) Titan IVA - - - 1(0) 21(2) - - - 22(2) Titan IVB - - - - 6(2) 11(0) - - 17(2) Vanguard 11(8) - - - - - - - 11(8) Vega - - - - - - 14(1) 6(1) 20(2)** Vega-C - - - - - - - 2(1) 2(1) VLS (Brazil) - - - - 2(2) - - - 2(2) Zenit 2 - - - 13(3) 19(5) 4(0) - - 36(8) Zenit 3SL/DMSL - - - - 2(0) 28(3) 6(1) - 36(4) Zenit 2M - - - - - 1(0) - - 1(0) Zenit 3SLB/DMSLB - - - - - 4(1) 2(0) - 6(1) Zenit 2SB - - - - - - 1(0) - 1(0) Zenit 2F/Fregat - - - - - - 4(0) - 4(0) ZQ-1 (PRC) - - - - - - 1(1) - 1(1) ZQ-2 (PRC) - - - - - - - 3(1) 3(1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTALS BY DECADE L = Launches F = Failures L(F) Success Rate ---------------------------- 1950s 48(28) 0.42 1960s 990(174) 0.82 1970s 1231(84) 0.93 1980s 1192(55) 0.95 1990s 892(64) 0.93 2000s 663(40) 0.94 2010s 886(45) 0.95 2020s 666(40) 0.94 ---------------------------- TOTAL 6568(530) 0.92 * Does not include 1(1) suborbital Atlas Centaur test during 1962 % Does not include 1(0) suborbital Proton test during 1970s # Does not include 1(0) suborbital UM Titan II GLV test during 1960s + Does not include 6(0) suborbital Saturn I/IB tests during 1960s & Does not include 1(0) suborbital Soyuz-2 test during 2004 2(0) Soyuz no-launch pad failures (escape towers fired) 1(0) Vostok 2M fueling accident at PL, 48 killed $ Does not include 2(0) suborbital 3-stg Minotaur 4 Lite, 2010-11 x Does not include 1(0) suborbital 2-stg Angara 1.2PP test, 2014 xx Does not include 1(0) suborbital 2-stg LVM3 test, 2014 ** Does not include 1(0) suborbital 4-stg IXV test, 2015 $$ Does not include 1(1) F9 prelaunch static test explosion, 2016 or 1(0) F9 suborbital in-flight abort test, 2020 y Does not include 1(1) 08/26/19 prelaunch propellant loading pad explosion. z Does not include 1(0) suborbital Electron/HASTE launch from WI in 2023.