7,405 orbital launch attempts since Sputnik — and 7,240 of them rose from pads still active today

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Every orbital launch from 1957 to today — for each one, the year, the launch site, the operating bloc, and whether the site is still active.

This page lists all 7,405 of the 7,405 assembled orbital launch attempts from 1957-10-04 through 2026-10-16 (UTC) — successes, partial failures and failures — drawn from Launch Library 2, with Orbital Radar (~7.4k launches since 1957) as an independent coverage reference. 6,882 succeeded, 503 failed and 20 were partial failures, across 40 launch-site locations and 90 operators. "Site still active" is a proxy: a launch there since 2024-10-16 or one scheduled in the future, judged as of 2026-10-16.

1957cumulative through year

site active (launch since 2024-10-16 or scheduled) site inactive by that proxy circle area = launches at that location through the selected year; hover a circle for details

Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia is the busiest location in the record with 1,688 attempts, ahead of Baikonur's 1,561 — together over 40% of all launches. ll.thespacedevs.com

The Soviet Space Program alone operated 2,450 launches — a third of the entire historical record — followed by the US Air Force (1,051) and SpaceX (716). orbitalradar.com

Only 165 of 7,405 attempts (2.2%) left from the 13 locations now inactive by the 24-month proxy; the other 7,240 rose from the 27 locations still in use or scheduled. ll.thespacedevs.com

Overall 93% of attempts succeeded: 6,882 successes against 503 failures and 20 partial failures since 1957. orbitalradar.com

All 7,405 launches

Year	Date (UTC)	Launch	Launch site	Operating bloc / operator	Site active	Latest site launch	Outcome	Source

Method: 7,405 orbital launch attempt rows (one per attempt, successes and failures included), 1957-10-04 to 2026-10-16 UTC, assembled from the Launch Library 2 launch API (8,115 records filtered to dated, explicitly orbital attempts) with Orbital Radar's launch log as an independent coverage reference. "Operating bloc / operator" is the launch service provider named by the source. "Site active" is a proxy — a recorded launch at that location on or after 2024-10-16 or a future scheduled launch — not an official facility status; status judged as of 2026-10-16. Map plots pad coordinates aggregated by location; air-launched missions appear at their recorded staging coordinates. Table pages 25 rows at a time for space; filters reach every row.

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