SpaceX

SpaceX has made 735 launches since its first on 24 March 2006: 720 successful, 15 failed or partly failed (98% success). Its first success was RatSat on 28 September 2008. Its latest was NROL-97 on 2 October 2026. It has carried 15,676 satellites, 13,103 of them still in orbit.

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Launches a year

19572026

Busiest year: 2025, with 170. 2026 so far: 116.

Highlights

DateLaunch
24 March 2006Falcon 1, FalconSAT-2First launch · failure
28 September 2008Falcon 1, RatSatFirst successful launch · success
4 June 2010Falcon 9 v1.0, Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit (DSQU)First Falcon 9 flight · success
6 February 2018Falcon Heavy, Demo (Test Flight)First Falcon Heavy flight · success
20 April 2023Starship, Integrated Flight TestFirst Starship flight · failure
14 March 2024Starship, Integrated Flight Test 3First successful Starship flight · success
2 October 2026Falcon Heavy, NROL-97Latest launch · success

Rockets

RocketFirst launchLaunches
Falcon 94 June 2010693
Falcon Heavy6 February 201814
Starship20 April 202314
Starship prototype hops26 July 20199
Falcon 124 March 20065

Launch sites

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station347
Vandenberg Space Force Base232
Kennedy Space Center128
SpaceX Starbase23
Reagan Test Site, Kwajalein5

Satellites carried

15,676 satellites in the catalogue went up on SpaceX launches; 13,103 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 459, civil government 148, commercial 14,680, academic and non-profit 173, and 216 not known yet.

A rocket's first launch here is its first for SpaceX. Satellites are payloads in CelesTrak's catalogue linked to the launch that carried them.