Year in flight / 2026

The story of the year.

Completed launches only — who flew, from where, how often, and how much of it worked.

Completed launches
239
2026 year to date · 272 days · 6.2 / week
01
97.1%
Success rate

+0.8 pts vs 2025

02
26
Providers flying

SpaceX at 47.3%

03
50
Launch pads used

Space Launch Complex 4E busiest

04
47.7%
Reusable families

114 Falcon / New Glenn / Starship

Story of 2026 / 02

What the numbers say.

239 completed launches 2026 so far — about 6.2 launches per week across 272 calendar days.

  • 02SpaceX leads with 113 missions (47.3% of the year).
  • 03The busiest pad is Space Launch Complex 4E at 61 liftoffs.
  • 04Of 239 missions with a clear success or failure outcome, 97.1% reached orbit or their target — up 0.8 points versus the same stretch last year.
  • 05The peak week was Week of Sep 14 with 12 launches.
  • 06114 missions (47.7%) flew on vehicles with known reusable stages in the catalog — Falcon, New Glenn, and Starship families where tracked.
Cadence / 03

The shape of the year.

Completed launches over time. Quiet weeks stay in as empty slots, so the spacing is honest.

  38. 12
Completed launches per ISO week, including weeks with none. Peak: Week of Sep 14 at 12.
The leaderboard / 04

Who flew, and from where.

Providers

  1. SpaceX11347.3%
  2. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation4719.7%
  3. Rocket Lab187.5%
  4. CAS Space62.5%
  5. Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)62.5%
  6. Russian Space Forces62.5%
  7. United Launch Alliance52.1%
  8. Arianespace41.7%
  9. China Rocket Co. Ltd.41.7%
  10. LandSpace41.7%
  11. ExPace31.3%
  12. Galactic Energy31.3%

Launch pads

  1. Space Launch Complex 4E6125.5%
  2. Space Launch Complex 404719.7%
  3. Launch Complex 9A93.8%
  4. Commercial LC-183.3%
  5. Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A83.3%
  6. Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B72.9%
  7. Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)62.5%
  8. 20152.1%
  9. Commercial LC-252.1%
  10. Launch Area 13052.1%
Outcomes / 05

Did they make it.

2025 same stretch2026 to date
96.3%97.1%

Up 0.8 points against the same stretch of 2025.

Success
232
Failure
7
Scored
239

Terminal success and failure only — holds, TBDs, and scrubs are excluded.

Vehicles flown

  1. Falcon 9 Block 510845.2%

    Reuse family · Catalog career: 610

  2. Electron187.5%

    Catalog career: 91

  3. Long March 6A83.3%

    Catalog career: 27

  4. Long March 2D52.1%

    Catalog career: 101

  5. Kinetica 152.1%

    Catalog career: 16

  6. Long March 8A52.1%

    Catalog career: 11

  7. Atlas V 55141.7%

    Catalog career: 23

  8. Long March 7A41.7%

    Catalog career: 16

  9. Smart Dragon 341.7%

    Catalog career: 11

  10. Long March 1241.7%

    Catalog career: 6

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