Launch record · 6,945 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

6,945 launches · 27,716 payloads since 1957

United States
Russia / Kazakhstan
China
Other / unknown site

Monthly cadence · last 36 months

207 launches in 2026

Date	COSPAR	Primary payload	Payloads	Objects	On orbit	Site	Owners
09 Sept 2023	2023-138	STARLINK-30304	22	22	20	Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida	US
06 Sept 2023	2023-137	XRISM	2	8	1	Tanegashima Space Center	JPN
06 Sept 2023	2023-136	YAOGAN-33 03

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.