Table 1-54. Worldwide Commercial Space Launches
Table 1-54. Worldwide Commercial Space Launches
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | Total 1990-99 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | |||||||||||
| Athena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Atlas | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Conestoga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delta | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 39 |
| Pegasus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Taurus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Titan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 88 |
| Europe | |||||||||||
| Ariane 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 76 |
| Total | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 76 |
| Russia | |||||||||||
| Cosmos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dnepr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Proton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Shtil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Soyuz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Start | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 27 |
| Ukraine | |||||||||||
| Zenit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| China | |||||||||||
| Long March 2C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Long March 2E | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Long March 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Long March 3B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
| Sea Launcha | |||||||||||
| Zenit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL space launches | 13 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 211 |
a Sea Launch is an international venture involving organizations in four countries and uses its own launch facility outside national borders. Their first commercial launch, in 1999, was licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration.
NOTES: 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. Data are for orbital launches only.
SOURCES: 1990-98: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, personal communication, Feb. 25, 1999. 1999: Ibid., Commercial Space Transportation: 1999 Year in Review (Washington, DC: Jan. 2000), Internet site http://ast.faa.gov/launch_info/ as of Apr. 12, 2000, tables 1 and 4 (with supporting text).