Busiest years in spaceflight

Years ranked by orbital launch attempts, with successes and failures.

Most launched rockets Most reliable rockets Busiest spaceports Busiest years in spaceflight Most time in space Most spaceflights

#	Year	Launches	Payloads
1	2025318 successful, 11 failed	330	4,605
2	2024256 successful, 6 failed	262	2,896
3	2026247 successful, 7 failed	255	3,753
4	2023211 successful, 10 failed	221	2,950
5	2022179 successful, 7 failed	186	2,542
6	2021135 successful, 11 failed	146	1,856
7	1967125 successful, 14 failed	139	211
8	1971118 successful, 15 failed	133	205
9	1966115 successful, 17 failed	132	213
10	1975125 successful, 7 failed	132	189
11	1976126 successful, 5 failed	131	229
12	1977123 successful, 7 failed	130	211
13	1984126 successful, 3 failed	130	233
14	1968118 successful, 10 failed	129	195
15	1982119 successful, 10 failed	129	290
16	1983127 successful, 2 failed	129	317
17	1978123 successful, 5 failed	128	211
18	1981122 successful, 4 failed	126	216
19	1985120 successful, 5 failed	126	253
20	1965110 successful, 14 failed	125	231
21	1969107 successful, 18 failed	125	189
22	1970113 successful, 11 failed	124	176
23	1988115 successful, 6 failed	121	242
24	1990114 successful, 7 failed	121	265
25	1973109 successful, 7 failed	117	174
26	1987108 successful, 6 failed	114	184
27	2018112 successful, 2 failed	114	582
28	2020104 successful, 10 failed	114	1,290
29	1972105 successful, 8 failed	113	175
30	1974105 successful, 8 failed	113	158
31	1979105 successful, 5 failed	110	176
32	1986102 successful, 8 failed	110	202
33	1980103 successful, 5 failed	109	207
34	201997 successful, 5 failed	103	544
35	1989101 successful, 1 failed	102	212
36	196485 successful, 15 failed	100	184
37	199294 successful, 3 failed	97	180
38	199489 successful, 4 failed	94	180
39	201489 successful, 3 failed	92	411
40	199186 successful, 5 failed	91	194
41	201784 successful, 6 failed	90	474
42	199785 successful, 4 failed	89	188
43	201582 successful, 5 failed	87	270
44	201683 successful, 2 failed	86	227
45	199377 successful, 6 failed	85	155
46	200081 successful, 4 failed	85	163
47	201178 successful, 6 failed	84	144
48	199876 successful, 6 failed	82	188
49	196267 successful, 14 failed	81	161
50	201378 successful, 3 failed	81	217
51	199573 successful, 7 failed	80	154
52	199970 successful, 8 failed	78	143
53	200974 successful, 4 failed	78	138
54	201273 successful, 5 failed	78	142
55	199671 successful, 6 failed	77	133
56	201070 successful, 4 failed	74	135
57	196352 successful, 17 failed	70	136
58	200866 successful, 3 failed	69	115
59	200765 successful, 3 failed	68	130
60	200662 successful, 4 failed	66	131
61	200261 successful, 4 failed	65	111
62	200361 successful, 2 failed	64	109
63	200157 successful, 2 failed	59	102
64	200552 successful, 4 failed	56	83
65	200451 successful, 3 failed	54	81
66	196132 successful, 18 failed	50	103
67	196019 successful, 19 failed	38	64
68	19588 successful, 20 failed	28	28
69	195913 successful, 10 failed	25	31
70	19572 successful, 1 failed	3	3

Sources: GCAT (CC BY 4.0) for launches; Wikidata (CC0) for people.