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Launches

218
YTD 2026 · orbital launch attempts
+0.5% vs same point in 2025 (217 launches through Sep 9)
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 15-24
    Sep 6, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success
  2. Onward and Upward
    Sep 5, 2026 · Spectrum · Isar Aerospace · Orbital Launch Pad (NOR)
    Success
  3. GISAT-1A (EOS-05)
    Sep 3, 2026 · GSLV Mk II · Indian Space Research Organization · Satish Dhawan Space Centre Second Launch Pad (IND)
    Success
  4. Owl Around The World (StriX Launch 11)
    Sep 2, 2026 · Electron · Rocket Lab · Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B (NZL)
    Success
  5. Starlink Group 15-23
    Sep 2, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success
  6. Demo Flight
    Sep 1, 2026 · Pallas-1 · Galactic Energy · Pallas-1 Launch Pad (CHN)
    Success
  7. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
    Aug 30, 2026 · Falcon Heavy · SpaceX · Launch Complex 39A (USA)
    Success
  8. MTG-I2
    Aug 27, 2026 · Ariane 62 · Arianespace · Ariane Launch Area 4 (GUF)
    Success
  9. Starlink Group 15-22
    Aug 26, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Success
  10. Starlink Group 10-49
    Aug 25, 2026 · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40 (USA)
    Success

Upcoming launches

Next 10 on the manifest

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

  1. Unknown Payload
    Sep 10, 09:00 UTC · Long March 2D/YZ-3 · CASC (China) · Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603) (CHN)
    Go
  2. USSF-153
    Sep 10, 15:37 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Go
  3. Unknown Payload
    Sep 11, 16:00 UTC · Long March 8A · CASC (China) · Commercial LC-1 (CHN)
    TBC
  4. O3b mPower 11-13
    Sep 13, 18:50 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 40 (USA)
    TBC
  5. Flight 14
    Sep 15, 00:00 UTC · Starship · SpaceX · Orbital Launch Pad 2 (USA)
    TBD
  6. Sentinel-3C & FLEX
    Sep 15, 01:21 UTC · Vega-C · Avio S.p.A · Ariane Launch Area 1 (ELV) (GUF)
    Go
  7. Progress MS-35 (96P)
    Sep 16, 00:00 UTC · Soyuz 2.1b · Roscosmos · 31/6 (KAZ)
    TBD
  8. Unknown Payload
    Sep 17, 00:00 UTC · Long March 12 · CASC (China) · Commercial LC-2 (CHN)
    TBC
  9. Starlink Group 15-27
    Sep 20, 01:47 UTC · Falcon 9 · SpaceX · Space Launch Complex 4E (USA)
    Go
  10. Amazon Leo (LV-01)
    Sep 30, 00:00 UTC · Vulcan VC6L · ULA · Space Launch Complex 41 (USA)
    TBD

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.