{
  "meta": {
    "key": "orbital_launches",
    "title": "Orbital Launches per Year",
    "unit": "launches",
    "category": "Space",
    "source": "Jonathan McDowell, GCAT General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects",
    "sourceUrl": "https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/launch/launch.tsv",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/orbital_launches",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/orbital_launches.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/orbital_launches.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to Jonathan McDowell, GCAT General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Orbital Launches per Year\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/orbital_launches, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 1960,
      "value": 38
    },
    {
      "year": 1965,
      "value": 126
    },
    {
      "year": 1970,
      "value": 124
    },
    {
      "year": 1980,
      "value": 108
    },
    {
      "year": 1990,
      "value": 121
    },
    {
      "year": 2000,
      "value": 85
    },
    {
      "year": 2010,
      "value": 74
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 87
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 114
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 114
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 146
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 186
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 223
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 263,
      "label": "263 attempts (then a record)"
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 329,
      "label": "329, SpaceX 170 (52%)"
    }
  ]
}