Launch tracker
Orbital launches by country, 2026
USA has launched the most rockets to orbit in 2026, with 146 successful launches out of 147 attempts, as of 25 Oct 2026. China is second with 72, then Russia with 13.
Updated
- 9 countries launched
- 251 orbital launch attempts
- 244 successful launches
- 7 failures
Launches by country
| # | Country | Successes | Failures | Attempts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USA | 146 | 1 | 147 |
| 2 | China | 72 | 4 | 76 |
| 3 | Russia | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | France | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | India | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| All countries | 244 | 7 | 251 |
Ranked by successful launches. For each launch company, see the 2026 scoreboard. For SpaceX alone, see How many SpaceX launches in 2026?
How we count
- Country is the home country of the launch company, not the launch site. For example, Rocket Lab's Electron launches from New Zealand count for the USA, and Arianespace launches from French Guiana count for France.
- We count orbital launches only. Suborbital flights are left out.
- A launch is a success when the launch data records it as one. Failures and partial failures count as attempts, not successes.
- The year is counted in UTC: a launch counts for 2026 if it lifted off on or after 1 January 2026, 00:00 UTC.
- These counts come from the same launch data as our 2026 scoreboard, and are fixed when the site is rebuilt. The Updated line shows when the launch data was fetched.
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