2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
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// launch log 1957 → 2026

Every orbital launch since Sputnik

From Sputnik to last week’s Falcon 9: 7,433 launches to orbit and beyond, the rockets and spaceports behind them, 7,588 spacecraft and 709 people who left Earth. One record per launch, with its outcome.

7,433launches
93.2%succeeded
367crewed launches
709people in space
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Busiest launch sites

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Countries by launches

Rankings
United States2,482
Soviet Union2,453
Russia898
China811
France354
Japan146
India103
New Zealand85
// human spaceflight

367 crewed launches, 709 people

Since Yuri Gagarin’s Vostok in 1961. The latest crewed vehicle in the catalog is SpaceX Crew-13, launched October 1, 2026 on a Falcon 9.