{
  "meta": {
    "key": "payload_mass_to_orbit",
    "title": "Annual Mass to Orbit",
    "unit": "tonnes",
    "category": "Space",
    "source": "Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT annual reports",
    "sourceUrl": "https://planet4589.org/space/papers/space25.pdf",
    "verified": "2026-09-06",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/payload_mass_to_orbit",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/payload_mass_to_orbit.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/payload_mass_to_orbit.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’s GCAT annual reports. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"Annual Mass to Orbit\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/payload_mass_to_orbit, data verified 2026-09-06. Underlying source: Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT annual reports."
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 338
    },
    {
      "year": 2017,
      "value": 392
    },
    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 388.8,
      "label": "Reusable Falcon 9 era begins"
    },
    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 384
    },
    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 565
    },
    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 790
    },
    {
      "year": 2022,
      "value": 1029.2
    },
    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 1478.9
    },
    {
      "year": 2024,
      "value": 2541.1
    },
    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 3193.4,
      "label": "3,193 t, SpaceX ~80% (McDowell)"
    }
  ]
}