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 691 of the 3,171 launches on record.

We track every launch from USA. Data updated less than an hour ago.

Next launch in 2 daysOct 1

Programme since 1956
1956 to 2029
  • Other (32 rockets)
  • , Falcon 9 since 2010
  • , Atlas since 1957
  • , Delta 1960–2024
1956 first launch 2025 peak (210 launches) SpaceX leading provider
launcheshome and abroad
3,171
upcoming
117
success
89%

8 spaceports

Where USA’s launches lift off.

past launches
3,029
upcoming
+96
AlaskaWallopsCorn RanchKennedyStarbaseMARSVandenbergKodiakCanaveral
19552030
Canaveral
1,393 +48
Vandenberg
1,209 +31
Kennedy
277 +12
Wallops
46
MARS
39 +2
Corn Ranch
39
Starbase
14 +3
Kodiak
12
19552030

Fleet overview

35 rockets in USA's fleet

Falcon 9
SpaceX
69161
Atlas
State-operated
6911
Electron
Rocket Lab
889
Pegasus
State-operated
46-
Minotaur
State-operated
401
New Shepard
Blue Origin
39-
Antares
State-operated
181
Starship
SpaceX
145
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
138
Astra
Astra
101
HASTE
Rocket Lab
9-
Firefly
Firefly Aerospace
75
Vulcan
State-operated
417
New Glenn
Blue Origin
32
SLS
State-operated
21
Terran
Relativity Space
14

Launch activity

Past launches and what's coming up View 2026 launches →

  1. Sep 19 202603:22 UTC
    Sep 19 2026
    03:22 UTC
    Rocket Lab Success
  2. Sep 20 202601:47 UTC
    Sep 20 2026
    01:47 UTC
    Starlink Group 15-27 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  3. Sep 26 202600:39 UTC
    Sep 26 2026
    00:39 UTC
    Rocket Lab Success
  4. Sep 26 202614:00 UTC
    Sep 26 2026
    14:00 UTC
    USSF-385 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  5. Sep 28 202612:48 UTC
    Sep 28 2026
    12:48 UTC
    Starship Flight 14 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  6. Now Sep 29 · 2026
  7. Upcoming

  8. Oct 01 202615:10 UTC
    Oct 01 2026
    15:10 UTC
    Crew-13 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  9. Oct 01 202618:08 UTC
    Oct 01 2026
    18:08 UTC
    Transporter-18 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  10. Oct 02 202603:53 UTC
    Oct 02 2026
    03:53 UTC
    NROL-97 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  11. Oct 05 202608:36 UTC
    Oct 05 2026
    08:36 UTC
    SpaceX
  12. Oct 10 2026
    Oct 10 2026
    Starlink Group 15-25 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  13. Jan 29 2027
    Jan 29 2027
    Rocket Lab

Launch providers

9 commercial providers and state-operated launches from USA

Provider mix 3,171 past 197 in past year
  • State-operated launches 72%
  • SpaceX 23%
  • Rocket Lab 3%
  • Blue Origin 1%
  • Other (6 providers) 1%

Of USA's 3,171 past launches, State-operated launches has flown 72%, and 5% of every launch in the past year.

State-operated launches

in 2026
8
past launches
2,274
upcoming
21
2021: 9 launches2022: 11 launches2023: 4 launches2024: 5 launches2025: 7 launches2026: 8 launchesSteady peak 11 · 2022
Flies Atlas +19 next in ~1mo

SpaceX

in 2026
113
past launches
723
upcoming
74
2021: 31 launches2022: 61 launches2023: 98 launches2024: 138 launches2025: 170 launches2026: 113 launchesSteady peak 170 · 2025
Operates Falcon 9 +3 next in 2d

Rocket Lab

in 2026
18
past launches
97
upcoming
10
2021: 6 launches2022: 9 launches2023: 10 launches2024: 16 launches2025: 21 launches2026: 18 launchesRamping peak 21 · 2025
Operates Electron +2 next in ~3mo

Blue Origin

in 2026
2
past launches
42
upcoming
2
2021: 6 launches2022: 4 launches2023: 1 launch2024: 4 launches2025: 11 launches2026: 2 launchesRamping peak 11 · 2025
Operates New Shepard +1 next in ~6mo

Astra

past launches
10
upcoming
1
2021: 2 launches2022: 3 launches2023: 0 launches2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging peak 3 · 2022
Operates Astra next in ~3mo

Firefly Aerospace

in 2026
1
past launches
7
upcoming
5
2021: 1 launch2022: 1 launch2023: 2 launches2024: 1 launch2025: 1 launch2026: 1 launchSteady peak 2 · 2023
Operates Firefly next in ~3mo

Relativity Space

past launches
1
upcoming
4
2021: 0 launches2022: 0 launches2023: 1 launch2024: 0 launches2025: 0 launches2026: 0 launchesEmerging peak 1 · 2023
Operates Terran next in ~3mo

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

Full launch history

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