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Table
1-36: Worldwide Commercial Space
Launches
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TOTAL space launches |
15 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
15 |
23 |
24 |
38 |
41 |
39 |
35 |
16 |
24 |
17 |
15 |
18 |
21 |
23 |
28 |
429 |
United
States, total |
9 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
11 |
17 |
22 |
15 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
146 |
Athena |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Atlas |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
62 |
Conestoga |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Delta |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
52 |
Falcon |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Pegasus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
Taurus |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Titan |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Europe,
total |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
132 |
Ariane
4 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
11 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
98 |
Ariane
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
34 |
Russia,
total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
13 |
3 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
9 |
12 |
11 |
101 |
Cosmos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
Dnepr |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
Kosmos |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Proton |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
53 |
Rockot |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
Shtil |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Soyuz |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
Soyuz
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Start |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Volna |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Ukraine,
total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Zenit
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
China,
total |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
Long
March 2C |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Long
March 2E |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
Long
March 3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Long
March 3B |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
India,Total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
PSLV |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Sea
Launcha, total |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
30 |
Zenit
3SL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
30 |
a Sea Launch is an international venture involving
organizations in four countries and uses its own launch facility outside
national borders. Their first commercial launch, in 1999, was licensed by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
NOTES
A commercial launch is a launch that is internationally competed
(i.e., available in principle to international launch providers) or whose
primary payload is commercial in nature.
FAA-licensed launches carrying captive government (NASA and DOD) or
industry payloads (ORBCOMM, Delta 3 demosat, Zenit 3SL demosat, and others)
are counted here. Data are for orbital
launches only.
SOURCES
1990-99:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Associate
Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, personal communication,
June 4, 2002.
2000-08: U.6. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation
Administration, Commercial Space Transportation:
2008 Year in Review (Washington, DC:
January 2009), tables1, 3 and 4, available at http://ast.faa.gov/ as of Mar.
19, 2009.
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