Source-defined outcomes
The snapshot contains 2,563 S-classified and 117 F-classified launches. Among known outcomes, the S share is 95.63%.
Historical analysis · 2006–2026
Rocket Launch Success and Failure Rates by Year
Annual GCAT launch outcomes, with explicit denominators and partial-result codes kept intact.
RECORDED LAUNCHES2,680O + D · includes incomplete latest year
GCAT S / KNOWN95.63%2,563 S out of 2,680 known outcomes
GCAT F117Retains GCAT failure classification
PARTIAL CODES30Overlaps S/F; not an extra category
Outcome composition by year
Bars show shares of all launches; numbers at right show annual totals. Faded rows are incomplete.
GCAT SGCAT FUnknown U
Source: GCAT · Unique launch identifiersS/F is the source classification, not full mission success
2026 is incomplete: 254 launches are recorded in this snapshot year. No annual growth comparison with the previous full year is made.
Reading the data
What the record shows
Partial results remain explicit
30 launches have a numeric partial-result suffix. They remain in their original S or F group and are not added again to the total.
Unknown-outcome denominator
0 launches have an unknown outcome. They remain in annual totals but are excluded from the S-rate denominator.
The underlying numbers
Annual outcomes and known-outcome rate
S rate = S ÷ (S + F). Partial codes overlap S/F. U is excluded only from the rate denominator.
| Year | S | F | U | Partial | S / known | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 93.94% | Full year |
| 2007 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 95.59% | Full year |
| 2008 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 95.65% | Full year |
| 2009 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 94.87% | Full year |
| 2010 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 94.59% | Full year |
| 2011 | 78 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 92.86% | Full year |
| 2012 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 93.59% | Full year |
| 2013 | 78 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 96.30% | Full year |
| 2014 | 89 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 96.74% | Full year |
| 2015 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 94.25% | Full year |
| 2016 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97.65% | Full year |
| 2017 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 93.33% | Full year |
| 2018 | 112 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 98.25% | Full year |
| 2019 | 97 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 95.10% | Full year |
| 2020 | 104 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 91.23% | Full year |
| 2021 | 135 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 92.47% | Full year |
| 2022 | 179 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 96.24% | Full year |
| 2023 | 211 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 95.48% | Full year |
| 2024 | 256 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 97.71% | Full year |
| 2025 | 318 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 96.66% | Full year |
| 2026 | 247 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 97.24% | Incomplete · YTD |