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Spacecraft deployed by payload type, 2021-2023

Commercial satellites accounted for 90% of space-craft launched in 2023, with communications satellite constellations leading the pack.

Vandenberg customer mission share 2014–2023

No single mission segment dominated the base’s launches until 2022, when 10 of 16 Vandenberg launches delivered commercial payloads to space.

Cumulative human spaceflight, 1961–March 18, 2024

Human spaceflight activity is off to a rapid pace in 2024 with a private Axiom mission, a public ISS mission, and a private Virgin Galactic mission taking flight in the first nine weeks of the year.

Vandenberg customer mission share 2014–2023

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Annual launch attempts, 2022, 2023, 2024 projection

The pace is expected to quicken, with a dozen more new launch vehicles preparing for flight.

Lunar soft landing attempts

Unlike the failures that plagued early lunar missions, which included launch failures, missing the Moon, or crashing, recent lunar landings are more often quashed by software errors.

U.S. spaceports hosting successful orbital launches, 2014-2023

Launch services conducted 83 launches from Vandenberg and 72 from Kennedy, while Virginia’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) at Wallops Island performed 19 launches.