2026 Orbital Launch Statistics
| Country | Launches | Successes | Failures | Partial Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| USA | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| World | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 |
This page shows the completed space launches from around the world for the year 2026. Dates and times are given in Coordinated Universal Time(UTC).
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Launch Time: 16:25 UTC
Launch Site: Launch Site One West Texas, Texas, USA
Blue Origin launched New Shepard on its 17th human suborbital flight, with a crew that included Tim Drexler, Linda Edwards, Alain Fernandez, Alberto Gutiérrez, Jim Hendren, and Laura Stiles.
Launch Time: 10:52 UTC
Launch Site: LC-1A Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand
Launch Time: 5:47 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 4:01 UTC
Launch Site: Commercial LC-2 Wenchang Space Launch Site, China
China launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying carrying a batch of nine low Earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites for the state-owned SatNet constellation, operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation is planned to eventually consist of approximately 13,000 satellites.
Launch Time: 23:31 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 4:39 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying NROL-105, the twelfth batch of satellites for a reconnaissance constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office, providing imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.
Launch Time: 4:08 UTC
Launch Site: Site 95A Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Launch Time: 16:55 UTC
Launch Site: LC-2 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Launch Time: 20:10 UTC
Launch Site: Rizhao offshore launch location Haiyang Oriental Spaceport, China
Launch Time: 4:01 UTC
Launch Site: SLS-2, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
China launched a Long March 2C rocket carrying AlSat-3A, an Earth-observation satellite built by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) for the Algerian Space Agency.
Launch Time: 18:08 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 15:25 UTC
Launch Site: Commercial LC-1 Wenchang Space Launch Site, China
China launched a Long March 8A rocket carrying a batch of nine low Earth orbit (LEO) communication satellites for the state-owned SatNet constellation, operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation is planned to eventually consist of approximately 13,000 satellites.
Launch Time: 14:16 UTC
Launch Site: LC-9A Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China
China launched a Long March 6A rocket carrying Yaogan-50, a Chinese military ‘remote sensing’ satellite with an undisclosed mission.
Launch Time: 21:08 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 4:48 UTC
Launch Site: First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Center, Andhra Pradesh USA
ISRO launched the PSLV-DL rocket on a rideshare mission carrying EOS-1, a small Earth-observation satellite operated by NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) for an ‘Indian strategic user.’ The satellite is suspected to be Anvesha, a hyperspectral imaging satellite developed for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The mission also carried 15 rideshare payloads, including SSTL’s Theos-2; multiple satellites from Dhruva Space (CGUSAT, DSUSAT, MOI-1, LACHIT, and Thybolt-3 in collaboration with Takeme2Space and Don Bosco University); Antharkshya Pratishtan’s Munal; Orbital Paradigm’s KID Capsule; several payloads from AlltoSpace (Edusat, Uaisat, Galaxy Explorer, Orbital Temple, and Aldebaran-1); Laxman Gyanpith’s Sanskarsat; and OrbitAid’s AyulSat.
However, the mission failed when the third stage lost attitude control toward the end of its burn. Although the fourth stage separated and ignited, it was unable to regain control, resulting in mission failure.
Launch Time: 13:44 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on a rideshare mission carrying Pandora, a small satellite designed to characterize exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. Pandora is slated to observe at least 20 planets during its one year of science operations. The mission also included TWILIGHT, a SpaceX rideshare deployment carrying 39 satellites to a dawn/dusk Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). A dawn/dusk SSO follows Earth’s terminator, providing satellites with near-continuous exposure to sunlight.
Launch Time: 21:41 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 6:48 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites.
Launch Time: 2:09 UTC
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying CSG-3 (COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation). CSG is an Earth-observation program of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), designed to replace the first-generation COSMO-SkyMed system and support observation of the Mediterranean basin.
