Rocket Launches 2020 — Year in Review
123 orbital launches recorded in 2020. Overall success rate: 89.4%.
123
Total Launches
110
Successes
13
Failures
89.4%
Success Rate
21
Providers
Launches by Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation34
SpaceX29
Arianespace10
Rocket Lab7
United Launch Alliance6
Russian Space Forces6
ExPace4
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries4
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)4
Northrop Grumman Space Systems3
Virgin Galactic3
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center2
Astra Space2
Indian Space Research Organization2
Iranian Space Agency1
Monthly Cadence
Jan8
Feb9
Mar8
Apr5
May10
Jun9
Jul14
Aug8
Sep11
Oct10
Nov13
Dec18
Launches by Vehicle
Falcon 926
Long March 2D7
Electron7
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M6
Long March 4B5
Long March 3B4
Soyuz 2.1a4
Long March 3B/E4
Kuaizhou 1A3
H-IIA3
Long March 2C3
SpaceShipTwo3
Long March 113
Starship Prototype3
Antares 230+2
Launches by Site
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA20
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China13
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China13
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA11
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China7
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana7
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand7
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan7
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation7
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China5
Launches by Orbit
Low Earth Orbit53
Sun-Synchronous Orbit27
Geostationary Transfer Orbit16
Suborbital9
Medium Earth Orbit6
Polar Orbit5
Heliocentric N/A4
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit1
Lunar Orbit1
Geostationary Orbit1