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1004. World-Wide Successful Space Launches

[Criterion of success is attainment of Earth orbit or Earth escape]

 
COUNTRY Total, Total, Total, 1957- 1965- 1970- 1975- 1980- 1985- 1990- 1995- 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
'57-97 1957-98 1957-99 64 69 74 79 84 89 94 99
 
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Total 3,892 3,969 4,042 289 586 555 607 605 550 466 384 120 103 110 116 101 116 88 94 79 89 75 73 86 77 73
Soviet Union/Russia 1 2,548 2,572 2,598 82 302 405 461 483 447 283 135 97 91 95 90 74 75 59 54 47 48 32 25 28 24 26
United States 1,124 1,158 1,188 207 279 139 126 93 61 122 161 17 6 8 12 18 27 18 28 23 26 27 33 37 34 30
Japan 52 54 54 0 0 5 10 12 11 9 7 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 0
ESA 2 96 107 117 0 0 0 1 8 21 33 54 3 2 2 7 7 5 8 7 7 6 11 10 12 11 10
China 49 55 59 0 0 2 6 6 9 15 21 1 2 2 4 0 5 1 3 1 5 2 3 6 6 4
France 10 10 10 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
India 8 8 9 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 1
Israel 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 1 (NA) (NA) 2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2 (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) (NA) 2
Australia 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

1 Since Commonwealth of Independent States(CIS) barely exists, now show Russia as the sucessor to the Soviet space program. and Ukraine separately.
2 European Space Agency. Includes launches by Arianespace. Source: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Science Policy Research Division, Space Activities of the United States, CIS, and Other Launching Countries/Organizations: 1957-1994, July 31, 1995; and forthcoming report.



http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/1004_world_wide_successful_space_launches.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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