Falcon 9 launches per calendar year
Orbital Falcon 9 flights, 2020 → 2026. The 2026 figure is year-to-date.
About this data
Falcon 9 cadence has compounded almost without interruption: 26 flights in 2020, 60 in 2022, 132 in 2024 and an all-time record 165 in 2025. The 90th flight of 2026 came on 4 August — a Starlink mission from Vandenberg — putting the year on a run-rate consistent with another record.
Falcon 9 launches per calendar year
Orbital Falcon 9 flights, 2020 → 2026. The 2026 figure is year-to-date.
Data table
| year | series | launches | source_ref | value_basis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | f9_per_year | 26 | wikipedia-f9-list | 26 Falcon 9 launches in 2020 |
| 2021 | f9_per_year | 31 | wikipedia-f9-list | 31 Falcon 9 launches in 2021 |
| 2022 | f9_per_year | 60 | wikipedia-f9-list | 60 Falcon 9 launches in 2022 |
| 2023 | f9_per_year | 91 | wikipedia-f9-list | 91 Falcon 9 launches in 2023 |
| 2024 | f9_per_year | 132 | wikipedia-f9-list | 132 Falcon 9 launches in 2024 |
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Methodology & sources
Last updated: Aug 14, 2026Methodology
Counts orbital Falcon 9 launches by calendar year. Falcon Heavy and Starship flights are excluded so the series measures one vehicle’s cadence consistently across the period. The 2026 value is YEAR-TO-DATE as of Aug 4, 2026 and is labeled as such — it is not comparable to the completed years beside it without that adjustment. Annualising the Aug 4 run-rate is left to the reader rather than plotted, because launch cadence is not uniform across a calendar year. This index complements, and does not duplicate, the space-economy index — that one covers valuation, satellites and cost per kg. Scout run: Trending_Candidates/2026-08-06.md. Re-verified 2026-08-10.
Sources
Comparisons are informative, not definitive. See each source for definitions and limits.