======================================================== SPACE LAUNCH REPORT 2008 LAUNCH VEHICLE/SITE STATISTICS ======================================================== by Ed Kyle as of December 25 2008 ======================================================== YEAR TO DATE LAUNCH VEHICLE SUMMARY Calendar year launch vehicle results, ranked by number of successes, with launch total as the first tiebreaker and vehicle payload mass as the second tiebreaker. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) missions have orbital periods less than 2 hours. Deep Space missions include heliocentric, planetocentric, and solar system escape trajectories. ========================================================= Vehicle Overall By Orbit Type Launches Earth-Orbit Earth-Escape (Failures) LEO >LEO Deep Space ========================================================= Chang Zheng 11(0) 7(0) 4(0) - R-7 10(0) 8(0) 2(0) - Proton 10(1) - 10(1) - Ariane 5 6(0) 1(0) 5(0) - Zenit 6(1) - 6(1) - Delta 2 5(0) 4(0) 1(0) - STS 4(0) 4(0) - - PSLV 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) - Kosmos 3M 3(0) 3(0) - - Atlas 5 2(0) - 2(0) - Dnepr 2(0) 2(0) - - Pegasus XL 2(0) 2(0) - - Falcon 1 2(1) 2(1) - - H-2A 1(0) - 1(0) - Rokot/Briz KM 1(0) 1(0) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68(3) 36(1) 32(2) - * Denotes YTD Leader in Category Ariane 5 Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ariane 5ECA 5(0) - 5(0) - Ariane 5GS Ariane 5ES 1(0) 1(0) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Atlas 5 Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- Atlas 5-401 Atlas 5-411 1(0) - 1(0) - Atlas 5-421 1(0) - 1(0) - --------------------------------------------------------------- Chang Zheng (Long March) Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- CZ-2C 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-2D 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-2F (M) 1(0) 1(0) - - CZ-3A 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-3B 2(0) - 2(0) - CZ-3C 1(0) - 1(0) - CZ-4B 2(0) 2(0) - - CZ-4C 1(0) 1(0) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Delta 2 Details ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delta 2-7320 1(0) 1(0) - - Delta 2-7420 2(0) 2(0) - - Delta 2-7925 1(0) - 1(0) - Delta 2-7920H 1(0) 1(0) - - --------------------------------------------------------------- Delta 4 Details -------------------------------------------------------------- Delta 4M - - - - Delta 4M+4,2 - - - - Delta 4H -------------------------------------------------------------- H-2A Details -------------------------------------------------------------- H-2A/2022 H-2A/2024 1(0) - 1(0) - H-2A/202 - - - - H-2A/204 -------------------------------------------------------------- Proton Details --------------------------------------------------------------- Proton-K/DM-2 1(0) - 1(0) - Proton-M/Briz-M 7(1) - 7(1) - Proton-M/DM-2 2(0) - 2(0) - --------------------------------------------------------------- PSLV Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- PSLV-C PSLV-CA (Core Alone) 2(0) 2(0) - - PSLC-XL-C 1(0) - 1(0) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz/Molniya (R-7) Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- Soyuz-U (Progress) 4(0) 4(0) - - Soyuz-U (Kosmos) 1(0) 1(0) - - Soyuz-FG/Fregat 1(0) - 1(0) - Soyuz-FG/Soyuz (M) 2(0) 2(0) - - Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat Soyuz-2-1b 1(0) 1(0) - - Molniya-M 1(0) - 1(0) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Space Shuttle (STS) Details ---------------------------------------------------------------- Discovery (OV-103) 1(0) 1(0) - - Atlantis (OV-104) 1(0) 1(0) - - Endeavour (OV-105) 2(0) 2(0) - - ---------------------------------------------------------------- Zenit Details ----------------------------------------------------------------- Zenit 3SL/DMSL 5(0) - 5(0) - Zenit 3SLB/DMSLB 1(1) - 1(1) - ---------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================= YEAR TO DATE LAUNCH SITE SUMMARY Launch sites, ranked by number of year-to-date orbital launch attempts. ========================================================= Site Overall Launches (Failures) ========================================================= Baikonur, Kazakhstan 19(2) Kourou, French Guyana 6(0) Plesetsk, Russia 6(0) Sea Launch LP Odyssey (POR) 5(0) Kennedy Space Center, Florida 4(0) XiChang, China 4(0) Vandenberg AFB, California 4(0) Taiyaun, China 4(0) Kwajalein, RMI 4(1) Cape Canaveral, Florida 3(0) Sriharikota, India 3(0) Jiuquan, China 3(0) Tanegashima, Japan 1(0) Kapustin Yar, Russia 1(0) Dombarovsky, Russia 1(0) Wallops Island, VA Palmachim, Israel Kagoshima, Japan Svobodny, Russia Barents Sea (Sub Launched) ========================================================= Use browser return arrow to go back to: http://www.geocities.com/launchreport/slr.html