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SPACE LAUNCH TOTALS BY DECADE 1957-2009 As of December 31, 2009 Orbital Space Launches Only Updated 1/6/2010 |
L = Launches F = Failures(1)
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Total
L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F) L(F)
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Angara (KSLV-1) - - - - - 1(1) 1(1)
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 1-4 Total - - 1(0) 33(4) 87(3) 23(0) 144(7)> Ariane 5G - - - - 4(2) 12(1) 16(3) Ariane 5G+ - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) Ariane 5GS - - - - - 6(0) 6(0) Ariane 5ECA - - - - - 23(1) 23(1) Ariane 5ES - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) <Ariane 5 Total - - - - 4(2) 45(2) 49(4)> Athena 1/2 - - - - 6(2) 1(0) 7(2) Atlas NUS/SUS 1(0) 12(5) 14(1) 20(3) 8(0) - 55(9) 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(14) 10(1) - - - 109(15) Atlas Centaur - 19(5)* 31(4) 17(2) - - 67(11)* 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 Total 2(1) 139(27) 55(6) 42(5) 63(3) 25(0) 326(42)> Atlas 5 401 - - - - - 9(1) 9(1) Atlas 5 411 - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) Atlas 4 421 - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) Atlas 5 431 - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) Atlas 5 521 - - - - - 2(0) 2(0) Atlas 5 551 - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) <Atlas 5 Total - - - - - 19(1) 19(1)> Black Arrow - - 2(1) - - - 2(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) 41(5) CZ-2D - - - - 3(0) 8(0) 11(0) CZ-2E - - - - 7(2) - 7(2) CZ-2F (UM) - - - - 1(0) 3(0) 4(0) CZ-2F (M) - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) CZ-3(A/B/C) - - - 5(1) 15(3) 23(1) 43(5) CZ-4(A/B/C) - - - 1(0) 3(0) 14(0) 18(0) <DF-5(CZ2-4) Total - - 11(5) 15(1) 39(5) 62(1) 127(12)> Delta 4M - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) Delta 4M+4,2 - - - - - 4(0) 4(0) Delta 4M+5,4 - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) Delta 4H - - - - - 3(1) 3(1) <Delta 4 Total - - - - - 11(1) 11(1)> Diamant - 4(1) 8(2) - - - 12(3) Energia - - - 2(1) - - 2(1) Europa - 2(2) 2(2) - - - 4(4) Falcon 1 (SpaceX) - - - - - 5(3) 5(3) H-2 - - - - 7(2) - 7(2) H-2A-202 - - - - - 5(0) 5(0) H-2A-2022 - - - - - 3(0) 3(0) H-2A-2024 - - - - - 7(1) 7(1) H-2A-204 - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) H-2B-304 - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) <H-2(A/B) Total - - - - 7(2) 17(1) 24(3)> India SLV - - 1(1) 3(1) - - 4(2) India ASLV - - - 2(2) 2(1) - 4(3) India PSLV - - - - 5(2) 6(0) 11(2) India PSLV-CA - - - - - 4(0) 4(0) India PSLV-XL - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) India GSLV - - - - - 5(3) 5(3) Juno I/SPARTA 6(3) 1(0) - - - - 7(3) Juno II 5(3) 5(3) - - - - 10(6) KT-1 (DF-31 PRC) - - - - - 2(2) 2(2) 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) Minotaur-1 (MM) - - - - - 8(0) 8(0) N-1(USSR) - 2(2) 2(2) - - - 4(4) Pegasus - - - - 6(2) - 6(2) Pegasus H - - - - 3(0) 1(0) 4(0) Pegasus XL - - - - 19(3) 11(0) 30(3) <Pegasus Total - - - - 28(5) 12(0) 40(5)> 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) 108(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) 34(3) Proton-M/DM-2 - - - - - 4(0) 4(0) <Proton Total - 23(13) 55(9)% 103(7) 87(7) 82(4) 350(40)%> R-7 Sputnik 4(1) 2(0) - - - - 6(1) R-7 Vostok (UM) 7(4) 71(11) 55(0) 25(1) 1(0) - 159(16) R-7 Vostok (M) - 6(0) - - - - 6(0) R-7 Voskhod (UM) - 111(4) 187(9) - - - 298(13) R-7 Voskhod (M) - 2(0) - - - - 2(0) R-7 Molniya (L) - 24(14) - - - - 24(14) R-7 Molniya-M - 36(9) 87(4) 110(4) 51(1) 11(1) 295(19) R-7 Soyuz (UM) - 11(1) 179(6) 395(8) 136(4) 59(1) 780(20) R-7 Soyuz (M) - 7(0) 25(1) 28(1) 21(0) 22(0) 103(2) R-7 Soyuz Ikar - - - - 6(0) - 6(0) R-7 Soyuz Fregat - - - - - 18(1) 18(1) <R-7 Total 11(5) 270(39) 533(20) 558(14) 215(5) 110(3) 1697(86)>& 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) 461(26) RS-18 Rokot - - - - 1(0) 12(1) 13(1) RS-18 Strela - - - - - 1(0) 1(0) <RS-18 Total - - - - 1(0) 13(1) 14(1)> R-29RM Shitl - - - - 1(0) 1(0) 2(0) R-29R Volna - - - - - 1(1) 1(1) <R-29R(M) Total - - - - 1(0) 2(1) 3(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) 13(1) <R-36(M) Total - 30(3) 46(1) 123(4) 52(2) 20(3) 271(13)> Safir (Iran) - - - - - 2(1) 2(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(14) 30(2) 11(0) 6(0) - 100(16) Shavit - - - 1(0) 4(2) 3(1) 8(3) Start(-1) - - - - 4(1) 3(0) 7(1) STS (M) - - - 32(2) 64(0) 33(1) 129(3) Taepo Dong 1/2 - - - - 1(1) 2(2) 3(3) Taurus (XL) - - - - 4(0) 4(2) 8(2) Thor Able(Star) 5(3) 21(6) - - - - 26(9) Thor Agena 8(4) 162(20) 15(1) - - - 185(25) 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) 147(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) <Thor/Delta/N1 13(7) 271(33) 112(8) 56(2) 89(4) 61(0) 602(54)> 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) <Titan Total - 52(5) 78(7) 36(4) 38(6) 15(0) 219(22)> Vanguard 11(8) - - - - - 11(8) VLS (Brazil) - - - - 2(2) - 2(2)
Zenit 2 - - - 13(3) 19(5) 4(0) 36(8)
Zenit 3SL/DMSL - - - - 2(0) 28(3) 30(3)
Zenit 2M - - - - - 1(0) 1(0)
Zenit 3SLB/DMSLB - - - - - 4(1) 4(1)
<Zenit 2/3 - - - 13(3) 21(5) 37(4) 71(12)>
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TOTALS BY DECADE
L = Launches F = Failures
L(F) Success
Rate
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1950s 48(27) 0.44
1960s 991(168) 0.83
1970s 1231(84) 0.93
1980s 1194(56) 0.95
1990s 892(64) 0.93
2000-09 662(39) 0.94
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TOTAL 5018(438) 0.91
* Does not include 1(1) suborbital Atlas Centaur test during 1960s
% 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
(1) Launch vehicle failure counted when launch vehicle fails to
inject payload into (or near) intended orbit.
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