Successful Space Launches, By Launch Site Country (three-month moving average,
not seasonally adjusted)
Successful space launches include all military, commercial, and government
launches that deliver a payload to the proper orbit and location.
NOTE: The three-month moving average is the average number of successful launches
for the most recent month and two preceding months. Launches per month have been
adjusted for a 30-day month. The actual number of launches during a month is multiplied
by the ratio of 30 to the number of days in that month to yield the adjusted number
of launches for that month.
Successful Space Launches (three-month moving average)
Jul-01
Jul-02
United States of America
2.0
1.6
Percentage change from same month previous year
-45.18
-15.93
Other Countries
2.0
3.9
Percentage change from same month previous year
-45.67
100.00
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,
Associate Administrator for Space Transportation, Weekly Orbital Launch Update,
August 8, 2002.
