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USA

Active spacefaring nation

More rockets have flown from the United States than from anywhere else. NASA carried the early decades; SpaceX flies most of what goes up today, with Falcon 9 accounting for 690 of the 3,103 launches on record.

Programmesince 1956
19562029
  • Other (31 rockets)
  • Falcon 9since 2010
  • Atlassince 1957
  • Delta1960–2024
1956·first launch2025·peak (207 launches)SpaceX·leading provider
launches, home and abroad
3,103
launches
upcoming
118
upcoming
success
88%
success

8 Spaceports

Where USA’s launches lift off.

Past launches
2,970
past launches
Upcoming launches
+92
upcoming
AlaskaWallopsCorn RanchKennedyStarbaseMARSVandenbergKodiakCanaveral
19552030
Canaveral
1,375+42
Vandenberg
1,180+32
Kennedy
276+12
Wallops
46
Corn Ranch
39
MARS
30+3
Starbase
12+3
Kodiak
12
19552030

Fleet Overview

34 rockets in USA's fleet

Atlas
State-operated
6902
Falcon 9
SpaceX
64568
Electron
Rocket Lab
807
Pegasus
State-operated
451
Minotaur
State-operated
401
New Shepard
Blue Origin
39-
Antares
State-operated
182
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
127
Starship
SpaceX
124
Astra
Astra
10-
Firefly
Firefly Aerospace
73
Vulcan
State-operated
417
New Glenn
Blue Origin
3-
SLS
State-operated
21
Terran
Relativity Space
14

Launch Activity

Past launches and what's coming upView 2026 launches →

  1. May 25202611:48UTC
    May 252026
    11:48UTC
    SpaceXSuccess
  2. May 26202614:00UTC
    May 262026
    14:00UTC
    SpaceXSuccess
  3. May 29202612:57UTC
    May 292026
    12:57UTC
    SpaceXSuccess
  4. May 29202623:53UTC
    May 292026
    23:53UTC
    Success
  5. May 30202614:00UTC
    May 302026
    14:00UTC
    SpaceXSuccess
  6. NowMay 31 · 2026
  7. Upcoming

  8. Jun 02202614:00UTC
    Jun 022026
    14:00UTC
    SpaceX
  9. Jun 03202608:02UTC
    Jun 032026
    08:02UTC
    SpaceX
  10. Jun 10202614:00UTC
    Jun 102026
    14:00UTC
    SpaceX
  11. Q22026
    Q22026
    Firefly Aerospace

Launch Providers

9 commercial providers and state-operated launches from USA

Provider mix3,103 past206 in past year
  • State-operated launches73%
  • SpaceX22%
  • Rocket Lab3%
  • Blue Origin1%
  • Other (6 providers)1%

Of USA's 3,103 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 73%, and 5% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

Launches in 2026
6
in 2026
Past launches
2,272
past launches
Upcoming launches
24
upcoming
2021: 9 launches2022: 11 launches2023: 4 launches2024: 5 launches2025: 7 launches2026: 6 launchesSteadypeak 11 · 2022
Flies Atlas +19next in ~1mo

SpaceX

Launches in 2026
64
in 2026
Past launches
674
past launches
Upcoming launches
79
upcoming
2021: 31 launches2022: 61 launches2023: 98 launches2024: 138 launches2025: 170 launches2026: 64 launchesSteadypeak 170 · 2025
Operates Falcon 9 +3next in 2d

Rocket Lab

Launches in 2026
7
in 2026
Past launches
80
past launches
Upcoming launches
8
upcoming
2021: 6 launches2022: 9 launches2023: 9 launches2024: 14 launches2025: 18 launches2026: 7 launchesSteadypeak 18 · 2025
Operates Electron +1next in ~1mo

Blue Origin

Launches in 2026
2
in 2026
Past launches
42
past launches
2021: 6 launches2022: 4 launches2023: 1 launch2024: 4 launches2025: 11 launches2026: 2 launchesRampingpeak 11 · 2025
Operates New Shepard +1flew ~1mo ago

Firefly Aerospace

Launches in 2026
1
in 2026
Past launches
7
past launches
Upcoming launches
3
upcoming
2021: 1 launch2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 1 launchSteadypeak 2 · 2023
Operates Fireflynext in ~1mo

Relativity Space

Past launches
1
past launches
Upcoming launches
4
upcoming
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 1 launch2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmergingpeak 1 · 2023
Operates Terrannext in ~7mo

Inactive for 3+ years: Astra (10 launches, last 2022), Lockheed Martin (10 2005), Virgin Orbit (6 2023), and ABL Space Systems (1 2023).

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