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
189
2026 year to date · 217 days · 6.1 / week
01
96.8%
Success rate

+1.2 pts vs 2025

02
25
Providers flying

SpaceX at 49.2%

03
46
Launch pads used

Space Launch Complex 4E busiest

04
49.7%
Reusable families

94 Falcon / New Glenn / Starship

Story of 2026 / 02

What the numbers say.

189 completed launches 2026 so far — about 6.1 launches per week across 217 calendar days.

  • 02SpaceX leads with 93 missions (49.2% of the year).
  • 03The busiest pad is Space Launch Complex 4E at 49 liftoffs.
  • 04Of 188 missions with a clear success or failure outcome, 96.8% reached orbit or their target — up 1.2 points versus the same stretch last year.
  • 05The peak week was Week of Jan 12 with 11 launches.
  • 0694 missions (49.7%) 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.

  3. 11
Completed launches per ISO week, including weeks with none. Peak: Week of Jan 12 at 11.
The leaderboard / 04

Who flew, and from where.

Providers

  1. SpaceX9349.2%
  2. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation3820.1%
  3. Rocket Lab126.3%
  4. CAS Space52.6%
  5. Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)52.6%
  6. United Launch Alliance52.6%
  7. Russian Space Forces42.1%
  8. Arianespace31.6%
  9. China Rocket Co. Ltd.31.6%
  10. Blue Origin21.1%
  11. ExPace21.1%
  12. Galactic Energy21.1%

Launch pads

  1. Space Launch Complex 4E4925.9%
  2. Space Launch Complex 404121.7%
  3. Commercial LC-173.7%
  4. Launch Complex 9A73.7%
  5. Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A63.2%
  6. Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)52.6%
  7. Space Launch Complex 4152.6%
  8. 20142.1%
  9. 43/4 (43R)42.1%
  10. Launch Area 13042.1%
Outcomes / 05

Did they make it.

2025 same stretch2026 to date
95.6%96.8%

Up 1.2 points against the same stretch of 2025.

Success
182
Failure
6
Scored
188

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

Vehicles flown

  1. Falcon 9 Block 59047.6%

    Reuse family · Catalog career: 610

  2. Electron126.3%

    Catalog career: 91

  3. Long March 6A73.7%

    Catalog career: 25

  4. Long March 2D42.1%

    Catalog career: 100

  5. Atlas V 55142.1%

    Catalog career: 23

  6. Kinetica 142.1%

    Catalog career: 14

  7. Long March 8A42.1%

    Catalog career: 10

  8. Long March 3B/E31.6%

    Catalog career: 77

  9. Soyuz 2.1a31.6%

    Catalog career: 58

  10. Long March 7A31.6%

    Catalog career: 16

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