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SpaceX pulls away

Compare SpaceX and ULA orbital launch attempts from a shared 2010 starting line.
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Orbital and deep-space launch attempts · cumulative since 2010 · 2010–2025

Sources, method and credits

Jonathan C. McDowell, General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects, data updated 29 October 2026, accessed 1 November 2026. UTC calendar years, launch categories O and D; SPX versus ULA agency codes ULAL, ULAB and ULAD; failures and marginal flights classified orbital are included, prelaunch aborts and pad explosions excluded. Running totals calculated once since 2010; animation interpolates between year-end totals. Not company lifetime totals or a success ranking.

GCAT CC BY 4.0, Jonathan C. McDowell. Launch images NASA/Kim Shiflett and NASA/Frank Michaux; background NASA/Tony Gray and Sandra Joseph. Illustrative, no endorsement implied.

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