This statistic represents worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017. Globally, there were 33 commercial space launches in 2017. The major nations conducting space launches include Russia, the United States and the member states of ESA.
Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017
Data through 2015 were taken from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' website.
2016 figure was taken from a previous edition.
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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.
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Federal Aviation Administration, & US Department of Transportation. (February 6, 2018). Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185460/worldwide-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
Federal Aviation Administration, und US Department of Transportation. "Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017." Chart. February 6, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185460/worldwide-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
Federal Aviation Administration, US Department of Transportation. (2018). Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185460/worldwide-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
Federal Aviation Administration, and US Department of Transportation. "Worldwide Commercial Space Launches from 1990 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/185460/worldwide-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
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Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017 [Graph], Federal Aviation Administration, & US Department of Transportation, February 6, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/185460/worldwide-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/