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 3,153 launches on record.

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

Next launch in 1 hourAug 20

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
3,153
upcoming
117
success
89%

8 spaceports

Where USA’s launches lift off.

past launches
3,016
upcoming
+94
AlaskaWallopsCorn RanchKennedyStarbaseMARSVandenbergKodiakCanaveral
19552030
Canaveral
1,390 +49
Vandenberg
1,201 +29
Kennedy
276 +11
Wallops
46
MARS
39 +2
Corn Ranch
39
Starbase
13 +3
Kodiak
12
19552030

Fleet overview

35 rockets in USA's fleet

Atlas
State-operated
6911
Falcon 9
SpaceX
68063
Electron
Rocket Lab
839
Pegasus
State-operated
46-
Minotaur
State-operated
401
New Shepard
Blue Origin
39-
Antares
State-operated
181
Starship
SpaceX
135
Falcon Heavy
SpaceX
127
Astra
Astra
101
HASTE
Rocket Lab
9-
Firefly
Firefly Aerospace
73
Vulcan
State-operated
417
New Glenn
Blue Origin
32
SLS
State-operated
22
Terran
Relativity Space
14

Launch activity

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

  1. Aug 11 202615:58 UTC
    Aug 11 2026
    15:58 UTC
    Starlink Group 10-19 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  2. Aug 12 202604:46 UTC
    Aug 12 2026
    04:46 UTC
    Starlink Group 17-49 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  3. Aug 16 202601:12 UTC
    Aug 16 2026
    01:12 UTC
    Globalstar M104-112 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  4. Aug 16 202601:50 UTC
    Aug 16 2026
    01:50 UTC
    USSF-366 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  5. Aug 19 202604:01 UTC
    Aug 19 2026
    04:01 UTC
    Starlink Group 17-50 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Success
  6. Now Aug 20 · 2026
  7. Upcoming

  8. Aug 20 202613:00 UTC
    Aug 20 2026
    13:00 UTC
    Rocket Lab
  9. Aug 20 202615:38 UTC
    Aug 20 2026
    15:38 UTC
    Starlink Group 10-39 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  10. Aug 22 202607:25 UTC
    Aug 22 2026
    07:25 UTC
    Starlink Group 15-20 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  11. Aug 25 202605:49 UTC
    Aug 25 2026
    05:49 UTC
    Starlink Group 10-49 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  12. Aug 25 202609:42 UTC
    Aug 25 2026
    09:42 UTC
    Starlink Group 15-22 Broadcast available
    SpaceX Watch
  13. Aug 30 202611:26 UTC
    Aug 30 2026
    11:26 UTC
    SpaceX
  14. Sep 12 202622:34 UTC
    Sep 12 2026
    22:34 UTC
    SpaceX

Launch providers

9 commercial providers and state-operated launches from USA

Provider mix 3,153 past 208 in past year
  • State-operated launches 72%
  • SpaceX 23%
  • Rocket Lab 3%
  • Blue Origin 1%
  • Other (6 providers) 1%

Of USA's 3,153 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
22
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
100
past launches
710
upcoming
75
2021: 31 launches2022: 61 launches2023: 98 launches2024: 138 launches2025: 170 launches2026: 100 launchesSteady peak 170 · 2025
Operates Falcon 9 +3 next today

Rocket Lab

in 2026
13
past launches
92
upcoming
10
2021: 6 launches2022: 9 launches2023: 10 launches2024: 16 launches2025: 21 launches2026: 13 launchesSteady peak 21 · 2025
Operates Electron +2 next today

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 ~1mo

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 ~1mo

Firefly Aerospace

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

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 ~4mo

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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