Space Industry Charts

I’m very open to ideas for new charts!
I’m in this for the love of the game pls send me ideas on X or email (christopher.kalitin@gmail.com).

Github Repo that I wrote to generate these charts here.
CSVs of all the data is also available in the repo if you’d like to visualize it yourself! Or, run the scripts and get your own data for a launch vehicle of your choosing!

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Type Explanations

There are currently 2 types in which launches are categorised:

• Orbit
• General Launch Payload Type

Orbits:

• LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
• SSO (Sun-Synchronous Orbit)
• MEO (Medium Earth Orbit)
• GTO (Geostationary Transfer Orbit)
• GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit)
• HEO (High Earth Orbit)
• BEO (Beyond Earth Orbit)

Polar orbits are considered a subset of SSO. Not technically correct but it’s a useful simplification. Pls complain at me if you disagree my mind isn’t hard to sway here.

General Launch Payload Types:

• Starlink
• Commercial
• Chinese Commercial
• Government
• Eastern Government
• Military
• Eastern Military

Eastern is defined as Russia, China, Soviet Union. Fairly arbitrary.

These categories were created for high level views of the global space industry, so they don’t perfectly match some launch-vehicle specific charts.

Eg. There are Electron charts categorised by General Launch Payload Type, but obviously Electron isn’t launching Russian defense satellites.

Chart Examples & Explainations

Launches Vs Mass By Category:

Expanded Chart

These charts show the distribution of launches by payload mass range. They’re also broken down by category.

Eg. how many Falcon 9 launches were between 0 and 1000 kg and to LEO, BEO, etc.

Total Mass Vs Mass By Category:

Expanded Chart

These charts are the same as the launch count vs. mass range charts describe above but normalized for mass.

So, instead of launch count per mass range, this is total mass launched per mass range.

Eg. A launch in the 0-1000 kg range with a payload of 500 kg counts as 500 kg in the chart. A launch in the 16-17 t range with a payload of 16.5 t counts as 16,500 kg in the chart.

This weighs each launch by its payload mass, to give a better sense of the distribution of mass launched. Useful for constellations for example, like Starlink.

Launches Vs Month By Category:

Expanded Chart

There’s a lot of months in the history of a launch vehicle, so this charts gets a bit busy.

Launches Vs Year By Category:

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Yea you get what this is right?

Charts in Alphabetical Order

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Ariane

This covers Ariane 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Ariane Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Ariane Launches Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Ariane Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Ariane Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1979 2025
Ariane Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1979 2025
Ariane Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1979 2025
Ariane Launches Vs Year By Launch Vehicle 1979 2025
Ariane Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1979 2025
Ariane Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Ariane Total Mass Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Ariane Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Atlas

This covers Atlas 1, 2, 3, and 5. Remember Atlas 4 doesn’t exist.

Atlas Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Atlas Launches Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Atlas Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Atlas Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1958 2025
Atlas Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1958 2025
Atlas Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1958 2025
Atlas Launches Vs Year By Launch Vehicle 1958 2025
Atlas Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1958 2025
Atlas Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Atlas Total Mass Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Atlas Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Delta

This covers Delta 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Delta Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Delta Launches Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Delta Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Delta Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1972 2024
Delta Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1972 2024
Delta Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1972 2024
Delta Launches Vs Year By Launch Vehicle 1972 2024
Delta Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1972 2024
Delta Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Delta Total Mass Vs Mass By Launch Vehicle
Delta Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Electron

Electron Launches Apogee Vs Date By Simple Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Launches Apogee Vs Inc By Simple Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Launches Inc Vs Date By Simple Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Launches Payload Mass Vs Date By Simple Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Electron Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Electron Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 2017 2025
Electron Launches Vs Month By Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 2017 2025
Electron Launches Vs Year By Orbit 2017 2025
Electron Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Electron Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Falcon 9

F9 Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
F9 Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
F9 Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 2010 2025
F9 Launches Vs Month By Orbit 2010 2025
F9 Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 2010 2025
F9 Launches Vs Year By Orbit 2010 2025
F9 Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
F9 Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Falcon Heavy

Fh Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Fh Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Global Launches

Global Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1957 2025
Global Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 2000 2025
Global Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1957 2025
Global Launches Vs Month By Orbit 2000 2025
Global Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1957 2025
Global Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 2000 2025
Global Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1957 2025
Global Launches Vs Year By Orbit 2000 2025

Global Payloads

Global Payloads Vs Year By Simple Payload Category

Planet Labs

Planet Labs Payloads Vs Year By Launch Country
Planet Labs Payloads Vs Year By Launch Vehicle
Planet Labs Payloads Vs Year By Orbit
Planet Labs Payloads Vs Year By Program

Soyuz

Soyuz Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Soyuz Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Soyuz Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1957 2025
Soyuz Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1957 2025
Soyuz Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1957 2025
Soyuz Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1957 2025
Soyuz Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Soyuz Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit

Starlink

Starlink Launches Apogee Vs Date By Launch Pad 2019 2025
Starlink Launches Apogee Vs Inc By Launch Pad 2019 2025
Starlink Launches Inc Vs Date By Launch Pad 2019 2025
Starlink Launches Payload Mass Vs Date By Launch Pad 2019 2025

Titan

Titan Launches Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Titan Launches Vs Mass By Orbit
Titan Launches Vs Month By General Launch Payload Type 1964 2005
Titan Launches Vs Month By Orbit 1964 2005
Titan Launches Vs Year By General Launch Payload Type 1964 2005
Titan Launches Vs Year By Launch Vehicle 1964 2005
Titan Launches Vs Year By Orbit 1964 2005
Titan Total Mass Vs Mass By General Launch Payload Type
Titan Total Mass Vs Mass By Orbit