Launch record · 6,944 launches

Orbital launches

Every launch that left at least one catalogued object in orbit, grouped by international designator. Counts of payloads, rocket bodies and debris are taken from the live catalogue, so "on orbit" changes as objects decay.

Launches per year by launch-site region

6,944 launches · 27,713 payloads since 1957

United States
Russia / Kazakhstan
China
Other / unknown site

Monthly cadence · last 36 months

206 launches in 2026

Date	COSPAR	Primary payload	Payloads	Objects	On orbit	Site	Owners
20 Apr 2024	2024-075	YAOGAN-42 02	1	2	1	Xichang Satellite Launch Center	PRC
18 Apr 2024	2024-074	STARLINK-31734	23	23	22	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	US
17 Apr 2024	2024-073

Launches are derived: SatelliteIndex groups catalogued objects by the launch part of their COSPAR international designator (e.g. 1998-067) and takes the earliest launch date and the launch site from SATCAT. Launches that placed nothing in the catalogue (failures below orbit, suborbital flights) do not appear. Region split uses the launch-site country. See the methodology.