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Rocket Launches 2024 — Year in Review

89 orbital launches recorded in 2024. Overall success rate: 97.8%.

89
Total Launches
87
Successes
2
Failures
97.8%
Success Rate
16
Providers

Launches by Provider

SpaceX
44
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
18
Rocket Lab
5
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
4
CAS Space
3
Indian Space Research Organization
2
Russian Space Forces
2
Blue Origin
2
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
2
Galactic Energy
1
Space One
1
Iranian Space Agency
1
Arianespace
1
ExPace
1
LandSpace
1

Monthly Cadence

Jan
0
Feb
0
Mar
0
Apr
0
May
0
Jun
0
Jul
0
Aug
0
Sep
5
Oct
21
Nov
32
Dec
31

Launches by Vehicle

Falcon 9
41
Electron
5
Kinetica 1
3
Long March 3B/E
3
Long March 2C
3
Soyuz 2.1b
2
Long March 2D
2
Long March 6A
2
New Shepard
2
Soyuz 2.1a
2
Starship
2
PSLV
1
Ceres-1S
1
KAIROS
1
Long March 5B/YZ-2
1

Launches by Site

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
19
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
15
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
10
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
9
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
5
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
5
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
3
Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
3
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
2
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
2

Launches by Orbit

Low Earth Orbit
45
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
19
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
8
Suborbital
6
Polar Orbit
4
Medium Earth Orbit
2
Elliptical Orbit
2
Heliocentric N/A
2
Asteroid
1