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Launches

183
YTD 2026 · orbital launch attempts
+9.6% vs same point in 2025 (167 launches through Jul 26)
Source: Launch Library 2·Updated just now

Every orbital launch attempt worldwide so far this year, whatever the outcome — who's flying, how often, and how it compares with past years.

Trajectory

Orbital launch attempts per year

Breakdowns (2026 YTD)

By launch provider

Top 8 · launches

Launches by launch provider (the company or agency that flew the rocket).

By vehicle

Top 8 · launches

Launches by rocket configuration.

By country

Top 8 · launches

By launch-site country (ISO 3-letter code). Not provider country.

Recent launches

Last 10 · most recent first
  1. Starlink Group 17-51
    Jul 25, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success
  2. Flight 13
    Jul 24, 2026 · Starship · SpaceX · Orbital Launch Pad 2 (USA)
    Success
  3. 5 satellites
    Jul 23, 2026 · Kinetica 1 · CAS Space · Launch Area 130 (CHN)
    Success
  4. Tianlian 2-06
    Jul 23, 2026 · Long March 3B/E · CASC (China) · Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) (CHN)
    Success
  5. 9 satellites
    Jul 22, 2026 · Gravity-1 · Orienspace Technology · Yellow Sea (launch location 5) (CHN)
    Success
  6. MRV-1
    Jul 21, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40 (USA)
    Success
  7. Starlink Group 17-39
    Jul 21, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success
  8. 16 x Rassvet-3
    Jul 19, 2026 · Soyuz 2.1b · Roscosmos · 43/4 (43R) (RUS)
    Success
  9. Demo Flight
    Jul 18, 2026 · Vikram-I · Skyroot Aerospace · Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad (IND)
    Success
  10. SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer E
    Jul 16, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success

Upcoming launches

Next 10 on the manifest

Schedules slip routinely. NETs reflect LL2’s best-current information, not commitments.

  1. Starlink Group 17-52
    Jul 29, 02:00 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Go
  2. Unknown Payload
    Jul 29, 11:50 UTC · Long March 7A · CASC (China) · 201 (CHN)
    Go
  3. Unknown Payload
    Jul 30, 01:00 UTC · Long March 6A · CASC (China) · Launch Complex 9A (CHN)
    Go
  4. NROL-95
    Jul 30, 07:09 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40 (USA)
    Go
  5. Demo Flight
    Jul 31, 00:00 UTC · Mir · Agency for Defense Development · ADD Offshore launch platform (KOR)
    TBD
  6. The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7)
    Jul 31, 00:00 UTC · Electron · Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A (NZL)
    TBD
  7. StriX Launch 11
    Jul 31, 00:00 UTC · Electron · Rocket Lab · Unknown Pad (NZL)
    TBD
  8. LOXSAT 1
    Jul 31, 00:00 UTC · Electron · Rocket Lab · Unknown Pad (NZL)
    TBD
  9. Starlink Group 17-53
    Aug 1, 14:00 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Go
  10. Unknown Payload
    Aug 4, 08:50 UTC · Long March 8A · CASC (China) · Commercial LC-1 (CHN)
    Go

What this measures

All orbital launch attempts since January 1, regardless of outcome.

Related

Launches and Mass to orbit answer different questions — this page counts each launch equally; the mass page weighs each by payload. A single heavy lift swings mass much more than it swings this count.

See When two metrics disagree on the methodology page for the full reconciliation.

How I count this

All orbital launch attempts since January 1 of the current year, regardless of outcome.

  • Source▾

    Launch Library 2 (TheSpaceDevs), /launch/previous/ for history and /launch/upcoming/ for the manifest

  • Includes▾

    Successful and failed orbital launches

  • Excludes▾

    Suborbital flights, missile tests, sounding rockets

  • Country▾

    Launch-site country (ISO 3-letter code from LL2’s pad metadata) — i.e., where the rocket lifted off. Not the launch provider’s nationality, which can differ (e.g., Soyuz launches from French Guiana).

  • Trajectory▾

    Annual totals on the trajectory chart cover the last 10 years. Each prior year is cached separately; values for years still being recorded in LL2 may revise slightly for the first few weeks of the new year.

  • Upcoming▾

    The next 10 most-imminent launches on LL2’s manifest, sorted by NET ascending. Schedules slip routinely — NETs reflect LL2’s best-current information at fetch time, not commitments.

  • Limitations▾

    Status codes are community-curated. The most recent launches may not be coded for several hours after liftoff. LL2 has a 15-request/hour free tier, so cold-cache loads may render with a gap on one or two historical years until the cache warms.

  • License▾

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Data from Launch Library 2 (TheSpaceDevs). Attribution required.