Worldwide commercial space launches 2017

This statistic represents worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017. Globally, there were 33 commercial space launches in 2017. The major nations conducting space launches include Russia, the United States and the member states of ESA.

Worldwide commercial space launches from 1990 to 2017

Characteristic	Commercial space launches
2017	33
2016	21
2015	22
2014	23
2013	23
2012	20
2011	18
2010	23
2009	24
2008	28
2007	23
2006	21
2005	18
2000	35
1995	23
1990	15

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2018

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Worldwide

Survey time period

1990 to 2017

Supplementary notes

Data through 2015 were taken from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' website.
2016 figure was taken from a previous edition.
The source specifies:
A commercial launch is a launch that is internationally competed (i.e., available in principle to international launch providers) or whose primary payload is commercial in nature. FAA-licensed launches carrying captive government (NASA and DOD) or industry payloads (ORBCOMM, Delta 3 demosat, Zenit 3SL demosat, and others) are counted here. Data are for orbital launches only.

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