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50 Years of Space Exploration it Two Graphs
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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2007
In Review
2006
In Review
2005
In Review
Space Exploration at a Crossroad,
(The Space Review,
6 & 13 October 2008):
Part
1 : Lessons To Be Learned, Part
2 : What Should We Do ?
No
More Dreams, Mr. President (August 2006)
: Tables on
Piloted Spaceflight (in French)
All Piloted Spaceflight in the
1960's,
1970s,
1980s,
1990s
and 2000s
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
Expdtition Crews.
WARNING: This Encyclopedia includes
some 300 tables and lists (300 web pages) that provide basic data, but
it will take time (years?) to fulfill each and every one of them. Please
be kind to this "work in progress." (You may wright to me at: lafleur@claudelafleur.qc.ca)
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These two graphs show the number of spacecrafts launched
every year; some 6,600 were launched (successfully or not) between 1957
and 2007. They included satellites (in Earth orbit), piloted spaceships
and planetary probes. Color red represents spacecrafts launched by Russia,
blue represents spacecrafts launched by 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).
Click on each graph to enlarge.
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| Yearly Summary of Spacecrafts
Launched |
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The Encyclopedia Megatables
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The table below presents the numbers
of spacecrafts launched every year. Il also gives access to the main lists
that formed this encyclopedia.
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To view all spacecrafts launched
on a given year, click on the year in the first colum of the table. |
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To view all Russian, or all American,
or all European... spacecrafts, click on the country name on top of the
table. |
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To view the list of all, or Russian,
or American, or European, etc. spacecrafts launch on a given year, click
on the appropriate number in the colums. |
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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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Table 2 - Main Statistics
(as of 31 December 2007)
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1957-2008 |
Yearly average |
Percent |
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Total Number of Spacecrafts Launched: |
6,725 spacecrafts |
132 spacecrafts/year |
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(See complete
list) |
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Number of Russian
Spacecrafts: |
3,514 spacecrafts |
69 spacecrafts/year |
52.3 % |
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Number of American
Spacecrafts: |
1,783 spacecrafts |
35 spacecrafts/year |
26.5 % |
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Number of Other Governements Spacecrafts:
(Europe,
Japan,
China,
India,
Canada,
Other) |
766 spacecrafts |
15 spacecrafts/year |
11.4 % |
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Number of Commercial
Spacecrafts |
563 spacecrafts |
11 spacecrafts/year |
8.4 % |
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Number of Amateur
Spacecrafts |
99 spacecrafts |
2 spacecrafst/yeat |
1,5 % |
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Number of Civilian
Spacecrafts: |
3,006 spacecrafts |
59 spacecrafts/year |
44.70 % |
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Number of Military
Spacecrafts: |
3,719 spacecrafts |
73 spacecrafts/year |
55.30 % |
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Number of Successfull Spacecrafts: |
5,682 spacecrafts |
118 spacecrafts/year |
89.0 % |
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Number of Failed
Spacecrafts: |
694 spacecrafts |
15 spacecrafts/year |
11.0 % |
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6) |
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Civilian Programs: |
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Number of Piloted
Spaceships (+ 35 military): |
524 spacecrafts |
10 spacecrafts/year |
7.3 % |
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Number of Planetary
Probes: |
215 spacecrafts |
4 spacecrafts/year |
3.2 % |
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Number of Communications
Satellites: |
1083 spacecrafts |
21 spacecrafts/year |
16.0 % |
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Number of Meteorology
Satellites: |
171 spacecrafts |
3 spacecrafts/year |
2.5 % |
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8) |
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Military Satellites: |
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Number of Surveillance (''spy) Satellites:
(photo,ellint,
ocean,
missile
surveillance): |
1,796 spacecrafts |
35 spacecrafts/year |
26.7 % |
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Number of Military Services Satellites:
(communications,
navigation, meteo,
etc.) |
1,344 spacecrafts |
26 spacecrafts/year |
20.0 % |
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(See Table
9) |
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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 spacracfts launched from 1957 to
2007. They show a net decrease in the number of military spacecrafts (at
left) during the last fifteen years and a net increase in the number of
civilian spacecrafts.
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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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| Space Exploration |
Space Applications |
R & D |
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Space Applications: |
R & D: |
1,185 Spacecrafts
(17.6 %) |
1,465 Spacecrafts
(21.8 %) |
360 Spacecrafts
(5.4 %) |
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| Military Applications |
Military Services |
R & D |
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| Military Applications: |
Military Services: |
R & D: |
1,796 Spacecrafts
(26.7 %) |
1,344 Spacecrafts
(20.0 %) |
578 Spacecrafts
(8.6 %) |
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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 11 launchers which had been launched more than
100 times. The central graph shows the 13 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
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Last Launch
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| 2 |
Saturn |
28 |
0 |
28 |
100 % |
46 |
0.68 % |
1961 - 1975 |
| 2 |
Space
Shuttle |
123 |
1 |
124 |
99.19 % |
257 |
3.82 % |
1981 - 2008 |
| 3 |
A
/ Semiorka
(Russia-era) |
235 |
4 |
239 |
98.33 % |
285 |
4.24 % |
1992 - 2008 |
| 4 |
F
/ Tsyklon |
224 |
10 |
234 |
95.73 % |
362 |
5.35 % |
1964 - 2006 |
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Delta |
321 |
15 |
336 |
95.54 % |
461 |
6.86 % |
1960 - 2008 |
| 6 |
Ariane |
176½ |
9½ |
186 |
94.89 % |
331 |
4.92 % |
1979 - 2008 |
| 7 |
Kosmos
C |
436 |
24 |
460 |
94.78 % |
844 |
12.55 % |
1964 - 2008 |
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A
/ Semiorka
(Soviet-era) |
1,362 |
84 |
1,446 |
94.19 % |
1,497 |
22.26 % |
1957 - 1991 |
| 8 |
N |
14 |
1 |
15 |
93.33 % |
15 |
0.22 % |
1975 - 1987 |
| 9 |
Chang
Zheng |
108 |
8 |
116 |
93.10 % |
145 |
2.16 % |
1969 - 2008 |
| 10 |
Pegasus |
37 |
3 |
40 |
92.50 % |
84 |
1.25 % |
1990 - 2008 |
| 11 |
Titan |
202 |
18 |
220 |
91.82 % |
332 |
4.94 % |
1964 - 2005 |
| 12 |
Dnepr |
11 |
1 |
12 |
91.67 % |
65 |
0.97 % |
1994 - 2008 |
| 13 |
R-36 |
22½ |
2½ |
25 |
90.00 % |
25 |
0.37 % |
1965 - 1971 |
| 14 |
Rokot |
9 |
1 |
10 |
90.00 % |
25 |
0.37 % |
1994 - 2008 |
| 15 |
D
/ Proton |
303 |
38 |
341 |
88.86 % |
459 |
6.83 % |
1965 - 2008 |
| 16 |
Atlas |
302 |
40 |
342 |
88.30 % |
474 |
7.05 % |
1958 - 2008 |
| 17 |
Scout |
87 |
12 |
99 |
87.88 % |
111 |
1.65 % |
1960 - 1994 |
| 18 |
Kosmos
B |
144 |
21 |
165 |
87.27 % |
165 |
2.45 % |
1961 - 1977 |
| 19 |
Mu
/ M-V |
26 |
4 |
30 |
86.67 % |
36 |
0.54 % |
1970 - 2006 |
| 20 |
Zenit
(J) |
58 |
9 |
67 |
86.57 % |
88 |
1.31 % |
1985 - 2008 |
| 21 |
Thor |
211 |
33 |
243 |
86.48 % |
348 |
5.17 % |
1958 - 1965 |
| 22 |
Diamant |
10 |
2 |
12 |
83.33 % |
15 |
0.22 % |
1965 - 1965 |
| 23 |
H |
25 |
5 |
30 |
83.33 % |
51 |
0.76 % |
1986 - 2008 |
| 24 |
SLV
(India) |
18½ |
8½ |
27 |
68.52 % |
46 |
0.68 % |
1979 - 2008 |
| 25 |
Juno,
Jupiter, Redstone |
12 |
10 |
22 |
54.55 % |
22 |
0.33 % |
1958 - 1961 |
| 26 |
Vanguard |
3 |
8 |
11 |
27.27 % |
11 |
0.16 % |
1957 - 1959 |
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Minotaur |
7 |
0 |
7 |
100 % |
27 |
0.40 % |
2000 - 2007 |
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Shtil' |
2 |
0 |
2 |
100 % |
3 |
0.04 % |
1998 - 2006 |
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Strela |
1 |
0 |
1 |
100 % |
1 |
0.01 % |
2003 |
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Taurus |
6 |
1 |
7 |
85.71 % |
17 |
0.25 % |
1999 - 2006 |
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Start |
6 |
1 |
7 |
85.71 % |
9 |
0.13 % |
1993 - 2006 |
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Athena |
5 |
2 |
7 |
71.43 % |
10 |
0.15 % |
1995 - 2001 |
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Shaviyt |
5 |
2 |
7 |
71.43 % |
7 |
0.10 % |
1998 - 2007 |
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Feng
Bao |
4 |
4 |
8 |
50.00 % |
12 |
0.18 % |
1994 - 1998 |
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Energiya |
1 |
1 |
2 |
50.00 % |
2 |
0.03 % |
1987 - 1988 |
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Black
Arrow |
1 |
1 |
2 |
50.00 % |
2 |
0.03 % |
1994 |
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Falcon |
1 |
3 |
4 |
25.00 % |
7 |
0.10 % |
2006 - 2008 |
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Lambda |
1 |
4 |
5 |
20.00 % |
5 |
0.07 % |
1966 - 1970 |
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Conestoga |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 % |
1 |
0.01 % |
1998 |
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Volna |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 % |
1 |
0.01 % |
2005 |
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KT-1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 % |
2 |
0.03 % |
2002 - 2003 |
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VLS |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 % |
4 |
0.06 % |
1993 - 1997 |
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N-1 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 % |
4 |
0.06 % |
1969 - 1972 |
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Europa |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 % |
4 |
0.06 % |
1968 - 1971 |
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NOTS |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0 % |
6 |
0.09 % |
1958 |
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Total |
4,548½ |
412½ |
4,961 |
91.69 % |
6,725 |
100 % |
1957 - 2008x |
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National Score
| Nation |
Successful
Launches |
Launch
Failures |
Total |
Success
Rate |
Percent of
Total Launches |
| Russia |
2,814½ |
201½ |
3,016 |
93.32 % |
60.81 % |
| United States |
1,345¼ |
153¼ |
1,498 |
89.79 % |
30.18 % |
| Europe |
187½ |
16½ |
204 |
91.91 % |
4.11 % |
| China |
112¼ |
14¼ |
126 |
88.89 % |
2.54 % |
| Japan |
68¼ |
14¼ |
80 |
82.50 % |
1.61 % |
| India |
18½ |
8½ |
27 |
68.52 % |
0.54 % |
| Israel |
5¼ |
2¼ |
7 |
71.43 % |
0.14 % |
| Brazil |
0¼ |
3¼ |
3 |
00.00 % |
0.06 % |
| Total |
4,848½ |
412½ |
4,961 |
91.69 % |
100.00 % |
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Presentation of The Spacecraft
Encyclopedia
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Why an encyclopedia on all spacecrafts 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 spacecrafts ever launched (successfully or not) sponsored by every
governments, organizations and corporations since October 1957. With more
than 6,500 spacecrafts, 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 spacecrafts launched in a year are on the same web page. Additional
informations are available in the web links presented below each entry.
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Master list of All
Spacecrafts Ever Launched (a ~1.2 MB webpage)
Alphabetical
Index of All spacecrafts (a ~1.0 MB webpage)
Spacecrafts launched in : (~1 MB webpage)
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| Some Interesting Spacecraft Families |
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How You Can Help Me !
Of course, I welcome any additional informations
and corrections related to this work. Please contact me at lafleur@claudelafleur.qc.ca
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