THE BIGGER PICTURE
Statistics.
A measured view of global launch activity.
Orbital launches this year236Orbital launches · 2026
Confirmed success rate97.0%229 / 236attempts
Upcoming in source archive47040 loaded in ORBITAL
Recent sample success100.0%20 / 20loaded missions
Global annual totals were independently queried from Launch Library 2 on Oct 4, 2026 20:36 UTC and exclude suborbital flights. Charts below summarize the loaded mission sample. They are not complete annual country, agency or rocket statistics. Partial success is excluded from confirmed full-success counts.