1974 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1974, there were 113 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 104 of them reached orbit. That is 3 fewer than in 1973. By country, the Soviet Union launched 82 and the United States 25. Together they put 354 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1974

113

vs 116 in 1973

Per week

2.2

vs 2.2 in 1973

Payload to orbit

1974

354 t

vs 511 t in 1973

Per week

7 t

vs 10 t in 1973

Reached orbit

1974

92%

104 of 113; 7 failures, 2 partial

1973

94%

109 of 116; 7 failures

Who flew

Companies

vs 13 in 1973

Countries

vs 5 in 1973

Who flew in 1974

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1974 against 1973. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1974.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
RKK Energia	32	28%	150 t	42%
Progress RSC	20	18%	92 t	26%
Polyot	17	15%	10 t	3%
Yuzhmash	10	9%	12 t	3%
McDonnell Douglas	9	8%	4 t	1%
Lockheed Martin	8	7%	33 t	9%
Khrunichev	6	5%	51 t	14%
Vought	6	5%	695 kg	<1%
CASC	2	2%	–
Convair	2	2%	2 t	1%
Nissan	1	1%	56 kg	<1%

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1974

SpaceX, and the rest of the world by region.

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Orbital launch attempts per week by region, and payload delivered to orbit, 1974, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
22 Dec 1974	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	4	29 t
15 Dec 1974	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	4 t
8 Dec 1974	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
1 Dec 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
24 Nov 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	5 t
17 Nov 1974	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	4 t
10 Nov 1974	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	6 t
3 Nov 1974	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2	7 t
27 Oct 1974	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	5	22 t
20 Oct 1974	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	14 t
13 Oct 1974	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	7 t
6 Oct 1974	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	1 t
22 Sep 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	200 kg
15 Sep 1974	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	6 t
8 Sep 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	800 kg
25 Aug 1974	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	5	14 t
11 Aug 1974	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	12 t
4 Aug 1974	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	13 t
28 Jul 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
21 Jul 1974	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	4	14 t
14 Jul 1974	–	2	–	–	–	–	–	2	638 kg
7 Jul 1974	–	–	–	1	3	–	–	4	7 t
30 Jun 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
23 Jun 1974	–	–	–	–	5	–	–	5	28 t
16 Jun 1974	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	1 t
9 Jun 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
2 Jun 1974	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	9 t
26 May 1974	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	18 t
19 May 1974	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	434 kg
12 May 1974	–	1	–	–	5	–	–	6	20 t
28 Apr 1974	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	7 t
21 Apr 1974	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	4 t
14 Apr 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
7 Apr 1974	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	17 t
31 Mar 1974	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	13 t
24 Mar 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
17 Mar 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
10 Mar 1974	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	6 t
3 Mar 1974	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	2 t
24 Feb 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	200 kg
17 Feb 1974	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	176 kg
10 Feb 1974	–	2	–	–	1	–	1	4	9 t
3 Feb 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	434 kg
27 Jan 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
20 Jan 1974	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
13 Jan 1974	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	1 t

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1971 to 1974

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1971 to 1974.
By the end of	1971	1972	1973	1974
January	8 · 63 t	5 · 17 t	5 · 12 t	4 · 13 t
February	17 · 78 t	10 · 34 t	10 · 27 t	11 · 23 t
March	26 · 93 t	24 · 58 t	16 · 56 t	18 · 40 t
April	41 · 143 t	35 · 135 t	25 · 91 t	30 · 82 t
May	55 · 181 t	42 · 156 t	37 · 238 t	42 · 120 t
June	63 · 210 t	52 · 186 t	48 · 271 t	53 · 164 t
July	72 · 279 t	63 · 221 t	56 · 310 t	65 · 195 t
August	81 · 299 t	71 · 245 t	68 · 347 t	76 · 234 t
September	93 · 335 t	80 · 265 t	75 · 370 t	80 · 241 t
October	102 · 352 t	92 · 297 t	90 · 423 t	92 · 279 t
November	113 · 370 t	101 · 305 t	104 · 482 t	102 · 308 t
December	133 · 407 t	113 · 378 t	116 · 511 t	113 · 354 t

Busiest rockets in 1974

Launches and payload by country in 1974

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1974

By the country of the rocket.

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1974.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Soviet Union	82	73%	304 t	86%
United States	25	22%	39 t	11%
Ukraine	3	3%	11 t	3%
China	2	2%	–
Japan	1	1%	56 kg	<1%