Contributions reconcile
Positive contributions total 104 launches; negative contributions total -37. Their sum is the net change of +67.
Historical analysis · 2024 → 2025
Vehicle-Level Growth Decomposition: 2024 vs 2025
Identify the arithmetic contributions behind a change in launch volume, without attributing economic causes.
BASELINE2622024
COMPARISON3292025
NET CHANGE+67Launches
GROWTH25.57%Relative to baseline total
Contributions to the net change
Largest absolute changes shown; the table contains all groups. Positive and negative contributions share a zero axis.
IncreaseDecrease
Source: GCAT · Unique launch identifiersDescriptive historical analysis · no causal inference
2026 is incomplete. Its 254 snapshot launches are excluded from these full-period calculations.
Reading the data
What the record shows
A common denominator
The comparison moves from 262 to 329 launches. Growth is 25.57%; contributions use the same baseline denominator.
Largest absolute movement
Falcon 9 changes from 132 to 165 launches (+33). This identifies a numerical contribution, not its cause.
The underlying numbers
Every vehicle contribution
Contribution in percentage points uses the total baseline as denominator. Contributions sum to overall growth.
| Vehicle | 2024 | 2025 | Change | Contribution pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falcon 9 | 132 | 165 | +33 | 12.60 |
| Chang Zheng 3B | 7 | 13 | +6 | 2.29 |
| Chang Zheng 8A | 0 | 6 | +6 | 2.29 |
| Chang Zheng 6A | 5 | 10 | +5 | 1.91 |
| Starship V2 | 0 | 5 | +5 | 1.91 |
| Atlas V 551 | 1 | 5 | +4 | 1.53 |
| Chang Zheng 7A | 2 | 6 | +4 | 1.53 |
| Electron | 14 | 18 | +4 | 1.53 |
| Ariane 62 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 1.15 |
| Angara-1.2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0.76 |
| Chang Zheng 12 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0.76 |
| Jielong-3 | 2 | 4 | +2 | 0.76 |
| LVM3 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.76 |
| New Glenn 7x2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 0.76 |
| Vega C | 1 | 3 | +2 | 0.76 |
| Angara A5 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 11 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 12A | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 2F | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 3C | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 3C/YZ-1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 4C | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 5B/YZ-2 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Eris Block 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| GSLV Mk II | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Gushenxing 1 | 5 | 6 | +1 | 0.38 |
| H3-24W | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| HANBIT-NANO | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Lijian-1 | 4 | 5 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Minotaur IV | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Nuri | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Shavit 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Spectrum | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Vulcan Centaur VC4S | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Zhuque-2E | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Zhuque-3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Zoljanah | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Chang Zheng 2D | 7 | 7 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Chang Zheng 4B | 4 | 4 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Chang Zheng 5 | 2 | 2 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Chang Zheng 8 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Firefly Alpha | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Kuaizhou-11 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| PSLV-XL | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Shuang Quxian 1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Soyuz-2-1B | 6 | 6 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Soyuz-2-1V | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Yinli-1 | 1 | 1 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Angara A5/Orion | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Atlas V N22 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 3B/YZ-1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 6 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 6C | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 7 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Delta 4H | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| H-IIA 202 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -0.38 |
| H3-22S | 3 | 2 | -1 | -0.38 |
| NK Kerolox LV | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| PSLV | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| PSLV-DL | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| SSLV | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Vega | 1 | 0 | -1 | -0.38 |
| Chang Zheng 2D/YZ-3 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Falcon Heavy | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Kairos | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Kuaizhou-1A | 4 | 2 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Qaem-100 | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Simorgh | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Soyuz-2-1A | 8 | 6 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Vulcan Centaur VC2S | 2 | 0 | -2 | -0.76 |
| Starship V1.0 | 3 | 0 | -3 | -1.15 |
| Chang Zheng 2C | 6 | 2 | -4 | -1.53 |