• Presentation of The Spacecraft Encyclopedia
• Q & A: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Spacecraft !
• Analyses and Essays
• The Big Picture
• The Encyclopedia Megatables
• Number of Spacecraft Launched Each Year
• Main Statistics
• Number of Spacecraft Launched by Family: Civilian and Military
• Space Launchers
• Launchers' Ranking
• National Score
• Some Interesting Spacecraft Families
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Presentation of The Spacecraft Encyclopedia
Why an encyclopedia on all spacecraft ever launched? Because, beyond all projects, plans, "what we will do..." and "what we could have done if...", this is what Space exploration and operations are all about.

This website tries to compile the most comprehensive list of all spacecraft ever launched (successfully or not) sponsored by every governments, organizations and corporations since October 1957. With more than 7,000 spacecraft, this encyclopedia represents a collossal endeavour which is only possible by starting with the works of such "giants" as Jonathan McDowell, Mark Wade, Asif Siddiqi, NASA Historians, NSSDC and many other sources.

The basic data for each spacecraft are presented in an entry written in "plain english", trying to be as accurate and concise as possible. Entries are grouped by year of launch, that is: entries for all spacecraft launched in a given year are on the same web page. Additional informations are available by the web links presented at the bottom of each entry.

See also: Spacecraft stats and insights, an introductory essay published in Space Review on April 5, 2010.

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Everything You Ever WantedTo Know About Spacecraft !
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• How Many Spacecraft Were Launched?
•  How Many Spacecraft Are Russian, American, European, Etc.?
• What Proportion of These Spacecraft Is Military and Which is Civilian?
• What Proportion of Spacecraft had Accomplished Their mission, and Which Had Failed?
• For What Purpose Spacecraft Are Launched?
• How Many Spacecraft Are Piloted?
• How Many Probes Were Launched To Explore Our Solar System?
• How Many Communications Satellites Were Launched?
• How Many Meteosats Were Launched?
• What About Launchers: How Many, Which Are the Most Frequently Used and the Bests?
• What’s the Cifference Between Spacecraft, Satellite, Spaceship and Probes? 
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Analyses and Essays
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•  Fifty years of piloted spaceflight: Where are we going? April 2011
• Spacecraft stats and insights (An Introduction to this Spacecraft Encyclopedia) April 2010
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• Costs of U.S. Piloted Programs March 2010
•  Space Exploration: an Accelerator of New Ideas and Technology June 2009
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•  Space Exploration at a Crossroad, (The Space Review):
Part 1 : Lessons To Be Learned
Part 2 : What Should We Do ?
October 2008
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•  No More Dreams, Mr. President August 2006
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The Big Picture
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Since 1957, we are launching an average of 132 spacecraft every year. In all, 7,120 spacecraft were launched between 1957 and 2011. They included satellite (in Earth orbit), piloted spaceship and planetary probe. The left graph shows the number of spacecraft launched every year. Color red represents spacecraft launched for Russia, blue represents spacecraft launched for the United States, yellow represents other governments (Europe, Japan, China, India, Canada, Israel & Other governments) and green represents non-governmental spacecrafts (commercial and amateur/student). This graph shows that the majority of spacecraft were launched for Russia, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s. The graph at right shows the number of spacecraft launched in the last ten years (2002-2011). An average of 110 spacecraft were launched in recent years; about a quarter each for Russia, United States, other governments and non-government. (Click on each graph to enlarge.)
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Yearly Summary of Spacecrafts Launched
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1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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Spacecraft by Countries
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Algeria Arab Countries Argentina Australia Belgium
Brazil Canada  Chile China Czeck Repûblic
Denmark Egypt Europe (All) European Agencies France
Germany India Indonesia Italy Iran
Israel Japan Kazakhstan Korea (South) Malaysia
Mexico Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Norway
Pakistan Russia 
(Soviet Union)
Spain Sweden Taiwan
Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States
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The Encyclopedia Megatables
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The table below presents the numbers of spacecraft launched every year. Il also gives access to the main lists that formed this encyclopedia.
• To view all spacecrafts launched on a given year, click on the year in the first colum of the table.
• To view all Russian, or all American, or all European... spacecraft, click on the country name on top of the table.
• To view the list of all, or Russian, or American, or European, etc. spacecraft launch on a given year, click on the appropriate number in the colums.
• Each list give spacecraft names. Click on one of them to access the entry giving main data on this mission.
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Table I - Number of Spacecrafts Launched Each Year
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Year
Summary
Year in
Review
Total U.S.S.R.
/Russia
United
States
Europe Japan China India Canada Israel Other
gov.
Com-
mercial
Amateur
/Student
1957 Review. 3 2 1 . . . . . . . . .
1958 Review. 28 5 23 . . . . . . . . .
1959 Review 24 4 20 . . . . . . . . .
1960 Review 44 9 35 . . . . . . . . .
1961 Review 60 9 50 . . . . . . . . 1
1962 Review 96 22 70 1 . . . 1 . . 1 1
1963 . 97 24 72 . . . . . . . 1 .
1964 . 127 43 82 2 . . . . . . . .
1965 . 180 71 103 2 . . 1 . . 1 2
1966 . 174 54 116 1 2 . . . . . 1 .
1967 . 172 74 88 5 1 . . . . 1 3 .
1968 . 166 85 75 4 . . . . . . 2 .
1969 . 155 84 61 4 1 1 . 1 . . 3 .
1970 . 142 95 33 7 2 1 . . . . 3 1
1971 . 175 111 49 9 2 1 . 1 . . 2 .
1972 . 143 98 35 5 1 . . 1 . . 2 1
1973 . 146 114 26 3 . 1 . 1 . . 1 .
1974 . 136 101 18 10 1 2 . . . . 3 1
1975 . 168 120 30 7 2 3 1 1 . . 4 .
1976 . 164 125 23 2 2 3 . 1 . 1 7 .
1977 . 147 113 21 6 4 . . . . 1 2 .
1978 . 174 125 35 4 4 1 . 1 . . 3 1
1979 . 134 108 15 2 2 3 2 . . . 2 .
1980 . 144 111 21 6 2 . 1 . . . 2 1
1981 . 160 125 15 5 3 3 3 . . . 5 1
1982 . 160 134 12 2 1 1 1 2 . . 7 .
1983 . 162 118 26 2 3 1 2 1 . 1 7 1
1984 . 169 117 30 5 3 3 . 1 . 1 8 1
1985 . 172 121 28 3 2 1 . 1 . 7 8 1
1986 . 151 123 16 2 3 2 . . . 1 3 1
1987 . 141 118 13 2 3 2 1 . . 2 . .
1988 . 155 115 17 6 2 4 3 . 1 . 6 1
1989 . 139 100 25 5 2 . . . . . 7 .
1990 . 173 100 31 8 6 5 1 . 1 3 11 7
1991 . 143 85 32 9 3 1 1 2 . . 7 3
1992 . 135 80 24 10 2 2 2 1 . 4 9 1
1993 . 118 60 32 5 1 1 2 . . 3 8 6
1994 . 130 65 34 3 4 4 2 . 6 12 .
1995 . 113 39 30 10 3 . 2 1 1 3 20 4
1996 . 112 34 37 12 1 2 1 1 1 10 11 2
1997 . 158 28 26 10 4 2 2 . . 4 81 1
1998 . 174 28 23 12 2 1 . . 1 8 95 4
1999 . 133 17 24 8 1 4 2 1 . 8 66 2
2000 . 131 32 35 17 2 6 1 1 . 5 28 4
2001 . 93 29 31 8 4 2 2 1 . 3 13
2002 . 101 21 18 12 8 8 2 .1 1 4 22 4
2003 . 98 22 23 8 8 9 4 2 1 7 8 6
2004 . 77 21 10 13 . 10 1 1 1 3 14  3
2005 Review 78 21 13 15 4 6 3 1 . 3 10 2
2006 Review 116 15 29 9 9 7 1 . 1 16 10 19
2007 Review 123 18 32 9 6 9 5 2 1 12 20 9
2008 Review 111 21 15 11 3 14 4 3 2 8 23 7
2009 Review 129 29 28 17 6 5 3 2 . 9 17 13
2010 Review 129 27 25 10 6 18 3 0 1 9 20 10
2011 Review 137 25 21 10 4 20 5 1 1 13 23 14
2012 . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
Total . 7,120 3,595 1,857 338 135 169 63 35 14 156 622 136
. . 100% 50.5% 26.1% 4.8% 1.9% 2.4% 0.9% 0.5% 0.2% 2.2% 8.7% 1.9%
. . Total U.S.S.R.
/Russia
United
States
Europe Japan China India Canada Israel Other
gov.
Com-
mercial
Amateur
/Student
Source: © Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2005-2011
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Table 2 - Main Statistics 
(as of 31 December 2009)
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1957-2011 Yearly average Percent
• Total Number of Spacecraft Launched: 7,120 spacecrafts 132 spacecrafts/year
(See complete list)
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• Number of Russian Spacecraft: 3,595 spacecrafts 67 spacecrafts/year 50.5 %
• Number of American Spacecraft: 1,857 spacecrafts 34 spacecrafts/year 26.1 %
• Number of Other Governements Spacecraft:
(Europe,Japan, China, India, Canada, Other)
910 spacecrafts 17 spacecrafts/year 12.8 %
• Number of Commercial Spacecraft: 622 spacecrafts 11½ spacecrafts/year 8.7 %
• Number of Amateur Spacecraft: 136 spacecrafts 2½ spacecrafst/yeat 1,9 %
(See Table 3)
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• Number of Civilian Spacecraft: 3,276 spacecrafts 61 spacecrafts/year 46.0 %
• Number of Military Spacecraft:  3,844 spacecrafts 71 spacecrafts/year 54.0 %
(See Table 4)
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• Number of Successfull Spacecraft: 6,369 spacecrafts 117 spacecrafts/year 89.5 %
• Number of Failed Spacecraft: 751 spacecrafts 14 spacecrafts/year 10.5 %
(See Table 6)
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Civilian Programs:
• Number of Pilote Spaceships (+ 35 military): 532 spacecrafts 10 spacecrafts/year 7.5 %
• Number of Planetary Probes: 225 spacecrafts 4 spacecrafts/year 3.2 %
• Number of Communications Satellites: 1,174 spacecrafts 22 spacecrafts/year 16.5 %
• Number of Meteorology Satellites: 179 spacecrafts 3 spacecrafts/year 2.5 %
(See Table 8)
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Military Satellites:
• Number of Surveillance (''spy”) Satellites:
(photo,ellint, ocean, missile surveillance):
1,835 spacecrafts 34 spacecrafts/year 25.8 %
• Number of Military Services Satellites:
(communications, navigation, meteo, etc.)
1,402 spacecrafts 26 spacecrafts/year 19.7 %
(See Table 9)
Source:© Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2005-2011
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Military vs. Civilian Spacecrafts Launched
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These two graphs traced the evolution of the number of military and civilian spacecraft launched from 1957 to 2011. The graph at left shows that the majority of military spacecraft were launched by the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s (red), and a net decrease during the last fifteen years. About 30 military spacecrafts were launched in recent years. The graph at right shows civilian spacecraft launched; in general, the numbers are relatively constant throughout the last 50 years (about 75 a year), except for a "surge" in commercial spacecrafts launched at the end of the 1990s (green). (Click on each graph to enlarge.)
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Other tables
• Table 3 - Spacecraft Sponsors
• Table 4 - Civilian vs. Military Spacecrafts
• Table 5 - The Four Main Spacecraft Sources
• Table 6 - Success and Failure Ratio
• Table 7 - Spacecrafts Failure Modes
• Table 8 - Civilian Families Statistics
• Table 9 - Military Families Statistics
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Table 10 - Number of Spacecrafts Launched by Family
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Civilian Families 
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Piloted Programs Earth/Space Science Biology Asstronomy / Sun
Planetary Exploration Communications Meteorology Remote Sensing
Material Processing Amateur/Student Technology
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Space Exploration Space Applications R & D
Year Piloted Science Biology Astro-
nomy
Plane-
tary
1957 . . 1 .
1958 . 13 . . 7
1959 . 8 . . 6
1960 8 3 . . 7
1961 12 8 . . 4
1962 5 9 . 1 11
1963 3 3 . 1 4
1964 3 14 . 3 10
1965 9 12 . 4 12
1966 15 9 2 3 10
1967 10 11 1 4 10
1968 14 13 . 6 3
1969 18 9 1 2 12
1970 6 11 1 2 6
1971 11 14 . 1 10
1972 9 11 . 2 5
1973 9 5 1 2 8
1974 6 5 1 3 2
1975 7 11 1 3 7
1976 2 6 . 1 1
1977 3 8 1 1 2
1978 10 11 . 3 8
1979 8 8 1 2 .
1980 10 1 . 1 .
1981 6 10 . 2 2
1982 11 1 . 1 .
1983 9 2 1 4 2
1984 13 7 . . 4
1985 11 4 1 1 2
1986 7 4 . 1 .
1987 11 2 1 1 .
1988 11 3 . . 6
1989 9 8 1 3 3
1990 12 5 . 3 3
1991 11 4 . 3 .
1992 14 11 1 1 1
1993 14 1 . 3 .
1994 15 6 . 1 (1)
1995 16 4 . 5 .
1996 13 11 1 6 9
1997 14 1 . 4 2
1998 12 4 . 2 4
1999 7 3 . 5 4
2000 13 8 . 2 .
2001 18 6 . 3 2
2002 12 3 . 2 1
2003 7 5 . 5 9
2004 6 5 . 1 3
2005 8 4 . 1 4
2006 8 9 1 5 1
2007 9 6 . 1 6
2008 14 9 . 1 2
2009 15 7 . 4 2
2010 12 2 1 1 2
2011 16 3 . 2 6
2012 >> >> . >> >>
Total 532 360 19 119 225
7.48% 5.06% 0.27% 1.67% 3.16%
Piloted Science Biology Astro-
nomy
Plane-
tary
Commu-
nications
Meteo-
rology
Remote
Sensing
Meterial
Process
Navi-
gation
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
2 2 . . .
. 1 . . .
2 3 . . .
3 4 . . .
5 2 . . .
3 4 . . .
4 6 . . .
7 6 . . .
6 5 . . .
5 5 . . .
9 7 . . .
5 5 . . .
9 5 1 . .
10 4 . . .
11 7 . . .
17 8 2 . .
20 4 . . .
12 7 . . .
15 4 2 . .
13 4 7 . .
13 4 5 . .
20 6 4 1 .
25 2 4 . .
27 3 9 1 .
24 4 8 1 .
30 3 7 1 .
18 3 6 1 .
12 3 6 1 .
26 5 9 1 .
20 4 7 1 .
31 3 6 2 .
26 4 7 1 .
26 . 5 2 .
23 3 6 . .
26 4 3 1 .
25 2 5 4 .
36 . 1 1 .
91 3 7 1 .
106 1 2 . .
73 2 12 1 .
41 3 5 . .
20 2 4 . .
36 4 6 2 .
20 . 6 . .
22 1 6 . .
21 3 4 1 1
22 4 6 1 .
32 . 10 2 .
33 2 6 . 1
24 3 7 . .
27 3 5 . 1
40 2 4 . 2
>> >> >> . >>
1174 179 200 27 5
16.50% 2.52% 2.81% 0.38% 0.04%
Commu-
nications
Meteo-
rology
Remote 
Sensing
Meterial
Process
Navi-
gation
Amateur
/Student
Tech-
nology
. 2
. 1
. .
. .
1 .
1 .
. 2
. 5
2 8
. 6
. 6
. 3
. 6
1 6
. 5
1 2
. 2
1 7
. 5
. 1
. 4
3 4
. 2
1 7
7 3
2 1
1 1
1 2
1 2
1 2
. 1
1 .
. .
7 2
3
1 4
5 4
1 7
4 4
2 3
2 8
6 9
2 8
4 17
3 9
6 14
6 10
4  3
1 14
20 10
8 10
7 9
13 18
10 16
14 7
>> >>
154 284
2.18% 3.99%
Amateur
/Student
Tech-
nology
Space Exploration: Space Applications: R & D:
1,255 Spacecrafts
(17.6 %)
1,583 Spacecrafts
(22.2 %)
438 Spacecrafts
(6.2 %)
Source: © Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2005-2011
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Military Families 
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Surveillance Electronic Intelligence Missile Early Warning Nuclear Test Monitor
Ocean Surveillance Communications Navigation Radar Calibration
Meteorology Space Defense Antisatellite Tests Piloted Programs
Science & Technology
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Military Applications Military Services R & D
Year Surveil
lance
Early
war-
ning
Elec-
tronic
Intel
Nuclear
Moni-
toring
Ocean
Surveil-
lance
1957 . . . . .
1958 . . . . .
1959 5 . . . .
1960 9 2 2 . .
1961 21 2 1 . .
1962 33 2 6 . .
1963 30 3 10 2 .
1964 37 . 10 2 .
1965 40 . 7 2 1
1966 47 3 10 . 1
1967 44 . 6 2 1
1968 45 . 10 . 1
1969 44 . 9 2 1
1970 39 2 8 2 1
1971 40 1 10 . 6
1972 39 2 10 . 1
1973 42 2 9 . 2
1974 37 1 7 . 3
1975 38 3 10 . 4
1976 40 2 10 . 8
1977 38 4 11 . 7
1978 36 3 9 . .
1979 35 4 7 . 2
1980 34 6 6 . 11
1981 38 7 5 . 6
1982 39 6 8 . 7
1983 34 3 6 . 10
1984 33 10 6 . 8
1985 29 8 11 . 6
1986 31 7 8 . 9
1987 32 5 9 . 10
1988 33 5 8 . 3
1989 25 3 4 . 3
1990 22 7 5 . 8
1991 14 3 2 . 5
1992 14 6 6 . .
1993 8 3 4 . 8
1994 8 3 5 . 1
1995 6 1 4 . 3
1996 5 . 2 . 5
1997 4 4 2 . 1
1998 5 2 2 . 1
1999 3 2 1 . 1
2000 5 1 1 . .
2001 2 2 . . 3
2002 4 2 . . .
2003 7 1 1 `. 2
2004 6 1 7 . 1
2005 5 . 2 . .
2006 5 1 4 . .
2007 9 2 1 . 2
2008 8 2 3 . .
2009 8 . 2 . .
2010 8 1 . . 3
2011 >0 1 4 . 2
2012 >> >> >> . >>
Total 1233 141 291 12 153
17.33% 1.98% 4.09% 0.17% 2.15%
 Surveil
lance
Early
war-
ning
Elec-
tronic
Intel.
Nuclear
Moni-
toring
Ocean
Surveil-
lance
Commu-
nications
.
Navi-
gation
Radar
Calib.
Meteo-
rology
. . . .
. . . .
. 1 . .
2 3 . .
. 3 . .
. 1 3 2
1 4 1 3
8 4 2 4
26 4 9 4
16 4 1 3
14 5 5 3
11 2 5 2
1 3 8 1
12 5 . 2
22 2 4 2
19 4 2 2
28 6 . 1
19 5 3 2
29 5 1 1
30 9 4 2
13 10 6 1
43 12 2 1
22 6 3 1
28 9 4 1
28 7 4 .
32 11 6 1
21 14 9 1
25 18 4 .
29 15 3 .
36 10 3 .
27 14 3 1
20 16 3 1
26 14 3 .
30 15 3 1
30 10 3 1
24 17 . .
18 13 2 .
19 12 8 1
8 13 7 1
5 6 1 .
5 5 . .
10 5 . .
3 2 . 1
8 9 . .
7 5 . .
3 5 . .
7 8 1 1
3 7 . .
2 5 . .
3 5 . 1
5 11 . .
4 7 . .
10 7 . 1
8 16 . .
6 10 . .
>> >> . >>
806 419 126 51
11.33% 5.89% 1.77% 0.72%
Commu-
nications
.
Navi-
gation
Radar
Calib.
Meteo-
rology
Space
Defense
Antisa-
tellite
Piloted Science &
Techno.
. . . .
. . . 7
. . . 4
. . . 4
. . . 7
. . . 17
. 1 . 22
. 1 . 17
2 . . 31
5 . 1 28
10 1 . 26
4 4 . 32
1 . . 27
2 4 . 16
1 6 . 30
. 1 1 18
. . 1 14
. . 3 13
. 1 3 15
. 7 5 13
. 7 4 8
1 2 4
. . 2 7
. 2 . 1
. 3 .1 .
. 2 1 .
. . .3 1
. . 1 .
. 4 3 1
2 . . 2
. . . 2
2 . 1 1
1 . 2 2
2 . 2 4
6 . 2 8
1 . .1 .
. . .. 3
2 . . 7
. . . 1
2 . . 3
. . . 3
. . . 3
. . . 3
.1 . . 13
. . . 7
. . . 1
. . . 2
. . . 1
. . . 2
. . . 10
. 1 . 8
. . . 3
3 . . 5
1 . . 12
. . . 8
>> . . >>
47 46 35 478
0.66% 0.66% 0.49%  6.72%
Space
Defense
Antisa-
tellite
Piloted Science &
Techno.
Military Applications: Military Services: R & D:
1,835 Spacecrafts
(25.8 %)
1,402 Spacecrafts
(19.7 %)
6 07Spacecrafts
(8.5 %)
Source: © Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2005-2011
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Space Launchers
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“A” Semiorka Ariane Athena Atlas Black Arrow Chang Zheng Conestoga
Delta Diamant Dnepr Energiya Europa Falcon Feng Bao
H (Japan) Juno/Redstone Kosmos B Kosmos C KT-1 KSLV Lambda
Minotaur Mu / M-V N (Japan) N1 (USSR) NOTS Pegasus Proton (“D”)
R-36 Rokot Safir Saturn Scout Shaviyt Shtill
SLV (India) Space Shuttle Start Strela Taurus Thor Titan
Tsyklon (“F”) Vanguard VLS (Brazil) Volna Zenit (“J”)
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Table 11 - Launchers Ranking
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These graphs show the launch rate of all launchers. The graph at left shows the 12 launchers which had been launched more than 100 times. The central graph shows the 14 launchers which had been launched between 10 and 99 times. The graph at right shows the 21 launchers which had been launched less than 10 times. (Click on each graph to enlarge.)
Rank Launcher
Family
Launch
Success
Launch
Failure
Total
Launches
Success
Rate
Number 
of Payload
Carried
Percent 
of Total
Payload
Carried
First Launch 

Last Launch
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1 Saturn 28 0 28 100 % 46 0.67 % 1961 - 1975
2 Minotaur 13 0 13 100 % 46 0.65 % 2000 - 2011
3 Space Shuttle 134 1 135 99.26 % 278 3.91 % 1981 - 2011
4 A / Semiorka
(Russia-era)
278 6 284  97.89 % 359 4.04 % 1992 - 2011
5 Delta 342 15 357 95.80 % 490 6.88 % 1960 - 2011
6 F / Tsyklon 225 10 235 95.74 % 363 5.30 % 1964 - 2009
7 Ariane 193½ 10½ 204 94.85 % 364 5.11 % 1979 - 2011
8 Kosmos C 438 24 462 94.81 % 847 12.13 % 1964 - 2010
- A / Semiorka
(Soviet-era)
1,362 84 1,446 94.19 % 1,497 21.03 % 1957 - 1991
9 Dnepr 16 1 17 94.12 % 85 1.79 % 1994 - 2011
10 Rokot 15 1 16 93.75 % 36 0.51 % 1994 - 2011
11 Chang Zheng 146 10 156 93.59 % 193 2.71 % 1969 - 2011
12 N 14 1 15 93.33 % 15 0.22 % 1975 - 1987
13 Pegasus 37 3 40 92.50 % 84 1.23 % 1990 - 2008
14 Titan 202 18 220 91.82 % 332 4.84 % 1964 - 2005
15 R-36 22½ 25 90.00 % 25 0.36 % 1965 - 1971
16 D / Proton 332 40 372 89.25 % 503 7.07 % 1965 - 2011
17 Atlas 316 40 356 88.76 % 490 6.88 % 1958 - 2011
18 Scout 87 12 99 87.88 % 111 1.62 % 1960 - 1994
19 Kosmos B 144 21 165 87.27 % 165 2.41 % 1961 - 1977
20 Thor 213 31 244 87.03 % 348 5.08 % 1958 - 1965
21 Zenit (J) 66 10 76 86.84 % 98 1.38 % 1985 - 2011
22 H 33 5 38 86.84 % 72 1.01 % 1986 - 2011
23 Mu / M-V 26 4 30 86.67 % 36 0.53 % 1970 - 2006
24 Diamant 10 2 12 83.33 % 15 0.22 % 1965 - 1965
25 SLV (India) 24½ 10½ 35 70.00 % 70 0.98 % 1979 - 2011
26 Juno, Jupiter, Redstone 12 10 22 54.55 % 22 0.32 % 1958 - 1961
27 Vanguard 3 8 11 27.27 % 11 0.16 % 1957 - 1959
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Shtil' 2 0 2 100 % 3 0.04 % 1998 - 2006
Strela 1 0 1 100 % 1 0.01 % 2003
Start 6 1 7 85.71 % 9 0.13 % 1993 - 2006
Shaviyt 6 2 8 75.00 % 8 0.11 % 1998 - 2010
Athena 5 2 7 71.43 % 10 0.15 % 1995 - 2001
Taurus 6 3 9 66.67 % 22 0.31 % 1999 - 2011
Safir 2 1 3 66.67 % 2 0.02 % 2009 - 2011
Falcon 4 3 7 57.14 % 18 0.26 % 2006 - 2010
Feng Bao 4 4 8 50.00 % 12 0.18 % 1994 - 1998
Energiya 1 1 2 50.00 % 2 0.03 % 1987 - 1988
Black Arrow 1 1 2 50.00 % 2 0.03 % 1994
Lambda 1 4 5 20.00 % 5 0.07 % 1966 - 1970
Conestoga 0 1 1 0 % 1 0.01 % 1998
KSLV 0 2 2 0 % 2 0.03 % 2010
Volna 0 1 1 0 % 1 0.01 % 2005
KT-1 0 2 2 0 % 2 0.03 % 2002 - 2003
VLS 0 3 3 0 % 4 0.06 % 1993 - 1997
N-1 0 4 4 0 % 4 0.06 % 1969 - 1972
Europa 0 4 4 0 % 4 0.06 % 1968 - 1971
NOTS 0 6 6 0 % 6 0.09 % 1958
Total 4,769½ 426½ 5,196 91.79 % 7,120 100 % 1957 - 2011
Source: © Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2005-2011
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Table 12 - National Score
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Nation Successful
Launches
Launch
Failures
Total  Success
Rate
 % of Total Launches Spacecraft
Launched
% of spacecraft launched 
Russia 2,908½ 206½ 3,115 93.37 % 59.90 % 3,998... 56.2 %...
United States 1,400¼ 155¼ 1,555 90.03 % 29.90 % 2,315... 32.5 %...
Europe 204½ 17½ 222 92.12 %    4.27 % 400... 5.6 %...
China 150¼ 16¼ 166 90.36 %    3.19 % 207... 2.9 %...
Japan 74¼ 14¼ 88 84.04 %    1.69 % 113... 1.6 %...
India 24½ 10½ 35 70.00 %    0.55 % 70... 1.0 %...
Israel 2¼ =8 75.00 %    0.14 % 8... 0.1 %...
Brazil 0¼ 3¼ 3 00.00 %    0.06 % 4... 0.1 %...
Iran 3 66.67 %    0.02 % 2... 0.0 %...
S. Korea 0¼ 1¼ 1 00.00 %    0.02 % 2... 0.0 %...
Total 4,769½ 424½ 5,194 91.83 % 100.00 % 7,120... 100 %...
Source: © Claude Lafleur's Spacecraft Encyclopedia, 2011

50 Years of Space Exploration it Two Graphs

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These two graphs summarized the first 50 years of space exploration by answering two questions: who launched spacechips and for what purpose?  Click on each graph to view the answer.
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Some Interesting Spacecraft Families
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• Master lists of All Spacecrafts Ever Launched: 1957-1999 and 2000-today.
Alphabetical Index of All spacecrafts (a ~1.0 MB webpage)
• Commercial Launch Contract
• Spacecrafts (Known) Failures
Geostationary Spacecrafts
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• ISS Operations (all mission launched toward the International Space Station).
• Soyuz Spaceships (all Soyuz variant launched fomr 1966 to today)
• The Progress Cargoships Family
• Transit and Navstar Navigation Satellites
• U.S. Piloted Programs Costs
• The Complete Reference on Spacewalks and Spacewalk's Descriptions

NEW: Tables on Piloted Spaceflight (in French)
• All Piloted Spaceflight in the 1960's, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s
• Piloted Spaceflight by Length (from the longest to the shortest)
• List of all Space Explorers (Astronauts, Cosmonauts, Tourists, etc.)
• Space Explorers by Rank of First Mission
• Space Explorers by Time They Spend in Space
• ISS Expeditition Crews.
 

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