Annual space launches
1957-2002
This table lists all launches which
reached any kind of orbit (satellits, probes and manned launches).
A launches counts for the country which designed and built the launch
vehicle, regardless of launchsite and payload..
Year |
Russia/
CIS |
USA |
France |
Japan |
China |
UK |
Europe |
India |
Israel |
Total |
1957 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
1958 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8 |
1959 |
3 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
1960 |
3 |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
1961 |
6 |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
1962 |
20 |
52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
1963 |
17 |
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55 |
1964 |
30 |
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
1965 |
48 |
63 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
112 |
1966 |
44 |
73 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
118 |
1967 |
66 |
58 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
126 |
1968 |
74 |
45 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
119 |
1969 |
70 |
40 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
110 |
1970 |
81 |
29 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
114 |
1971 |
83 |
32 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
120 |
1972 |
74 |
31 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
106 |
1973 |
86 |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109 |
1974 |
81 |
24 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
106 |
1975 |
89 |
28 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
125 |
1976 |
99 |
26 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
128 |
1977 |
98 |
24 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
124 |
1978 |
88 |
32 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
124 |
1979 |
87 |
16 |
|
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
106 |
1980 |
89 |
13 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
105 |
1981 |
98 |
18 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
123 |
1982 |
101 |
18 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
121 |
1983 |
98 |
22 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
127 |
1984 |
97 |
22 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
4 |
|
|
129 |
1985 |
98 |
17 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
|
121 |
1986 |
91 |
6 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
103 |
1987 |
95 |
8 |
|
3 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
110 |
1988 |
90 |
12 |
|
2 |
4 |
|
7 |
|
1 |
116 |
1989 |
74 |
18 |
|
2 |
|
|
7 |
|
|
101 |
1990 |
75 |
27 |
|
3 |
5 |
|
5 |
|
1 |
116 |
1991 |
59 |
18 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
8 |
|
|
88 |
1992 |
54 |
28 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
7 |
1 |
|
95 |
1993 |
47 |
23 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
7 |
|
|
79 |
1994 |
48 |
27 |
|
2 |
5 |
|
6 |
1 |
|
89 |
1995 |
32 |
27 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
11 |
|
1 |
74 |
1996 |
25 |
33 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
10 |
1 |
|
73 |
1997 |
28 |
37 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
12 |
1 |
|
86 |
1998 |
24 |
34 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
11 |
|
|
77 |
1999 |
29 |
29 |
|
|
4 |
|
10 |
1 |
|
73 |
2000 |
37 |
28 |
|
|
5 |
|
12 |
|
|
82 |
2001 |
25 |
21 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
8 |
2 |
|
58 |
2002 |
25 |
17 |
|
3 |
4 |
|
12 |
1 |
|
62 |
Decade |
Russia/
CIS |
USA |
France |
Japan |
China |
UK |
Europa |
India |
Israel |
Total |
1957-
1970 |
465 |
519 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
992 |
1971-
1980 |
874 |
249 |
4 |
16 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1153 |
1981-
1990 |
917 |
168 |
|
24 |
20 |
|
34 |
2 |
2 |
1167 |
1991-
1999 |
346 |
256 |
|
12 |
32 |
|
82 |
5 |
1 |
734 |
2000-
2002 |
87 |
66 |
|
4 |
10 |
|
32 |
3 |
|
202 |
Total |
2689 |
1258 |
10 |
57 |
70 |
1 |
150 |
11 |
3 |
4248 |
Ref: #70, #112 - update: 11.07.03