Year in flight / 2024

The story of the year.

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

Completed launches

273

Full year 2024 · 366 days · 5.3 / week

97.4%

Success rate

+2.5 pts vs 2023

Providers flying

SpaceX at 50.5%

Launch pads used

Space Launch Complex 40 busiest

50.5%

Reusable families

138 Falcon / New Glenn / Starship

273 completed launches5.3 / week97.4% reached orbitSpaceX leadsSpace Launch Complex 40 busiest

Story of 2024 / 02

What the numbers say.

273 completed launches in 2024 — about 5.3 launches per week across 366 calendar days.

02SpaceX leads with 138 missions (50.5% of the year).
03The busiest pad is Space Launch Complex 40 at 62 liftoffs.
04Of 273 missions with a clear success or failure outcome, 97.4% reached orbit or their target — up 2.5 points versus the same stretch last year.
05The peak week was Week of Dec 2 with 11 launches.
06138 missions (50.5%) flew on vehicles with known reusable stages in the catalog — Falcon, New Glenn, and Starship families where tracked.

Cadence / 03

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

Completed launches per ISO week, including weeks with none. Peak: Week of Dec 2 at 11.

The leaderboard / 04

Outcomes / 05

2023 same stretch2024 to date

94.9%97.4%

Up 2.5 points against the same stretch of 2023.

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