1989 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1989, there were 102 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 101 of them reached orbit. That is 19 fewer than in 1988. By country, the Soviet Union launched 64 and the United States 18. Together they put 524 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1989

102

vs 121 in 1988

Per week

2.0

vs 2.3 in 1988

Payload to orbit

1989

524 t

vs 571 t in 1988

Per week

10 t

vs 11 t in 1988

Reached orbit

1989

99%

101 of 102; 1 failure

1988

95%

115 of 121; 5 failures, 1 partial

Who flew

Companies

vs 15 in 1988

Countries

vs 8 in 1988

Who flew in 1989

Company1989 launches1989Share

1989 against 1988. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1989.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Progress RSC	44	43%	270 t	51%
Khrunichev	11	11%	56 t	11%
Yuzhmash	11	11%	21 t	4%
Polyot	9	9%	7 t	1%
McDonnell Douglas	8	8%	14 t	3%
Aérospatiale	7	7%	22 t	4%
Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol	5	5%	125 t	24%
Lockheed Martin	4	4%	7 t	1%
Convair	1	1%	2 t	<1%
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	1	1%	725 kg	<1%
Nissan	1	1%	318 kg	<1%

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1989

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, 1989, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
24 Dec 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	5 t
17 Dec 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	10 t
10 Dec 1989	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	4 t
26 Nov 1989	–	–	–	–	4	–	–	4	37 t
19 Nov 1989	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	31 t
12 Nov 1989	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	9 t
22 Oct 1989	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
15 Oct 1989	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	34 t
1 Oct 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
24 Sep 1989	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	5	12 t
17 Sep 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
10 Sep 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	8 t
3 Sep 1989	–	2	–	–	2	–	1	5	17 t
27 Aug 1989	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
20 Aug 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	16 t
13 Aug 1989	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	8 t
6 Aug 1989	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	2	25 t
30 Jul 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
23 Jul 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	4 t
16 Jul 1989	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	20 t
9 Jul 1989	–	–	1	–	1	–	–	2	9 t
2 Jul 1989	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	10 t
25 Jun 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
18 Jun 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
11 Jun 1989	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	9 t
4 Jun 1989	–	1	1	–	3	–	–	5	9 t
28 May 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	10 t
21 May 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	13 t
14 May 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
7 May 1989	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	1 t
30 Apr 1989	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	33 t
23 Apr 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
16 Apr 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
9 Apr 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
2 Apr 1989	–	–	1	–	2	–	–	3	9 t
19 Mar 1989	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	10 t
12 Mar 1989	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	40 t
5 Mar 1989	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	3 t
26 Feb 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	8 t
19 Feb 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	1	2	1 t
12 Feb 1989	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	5	12 t
5 Feb 1989	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	17 t
22 Jan 1989	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	4	12 t
15 Jan 1989	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	6 t
8 Jan 1989	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	10 t

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1986 to 1989

Added up through each year.

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1986 to 1989.
By the end of	1986	1987	1988	1989
January	10 · 41 t	10 · 33 t	6 · 20 t	7 · 29 t
February	22 · 94 t	22 · 79 t	14 · 49 t	18 · 60 t
March	28 · 121 t	32 · 125 t	29 · 96 t	26 · 120 t
April	35 · 149 t	40 · 171 t	36 · 121 t	32 · 145 t
May	46 · 189 t	50 · 220 t	48 · 176 t	39 · 203 t
June	54 · 216 t	58 · 231 t	56 · 207 t	50 · 236 t
July	62 · 252 t	68 · 284 t	69 · 245 t	60 · 280 t
August	70 · 288 t	75 · 326 t	80 · 289 t	69 · 338 t
September	79 · 314 t	87 · 381 t	95 · 363 t	82 · 381 t
October	90 · 347 t	95 · 418 t	102 · 385 t	88 · 428 t
November	100 · 369 t	101 · 447 t	110 · 505 t	96 · 500 t
December	110 · 399 t	114 · 499 t	121 · 571 t	102 · 524 t

Busiest rockets in 1989

Launches and payload by country in 1989

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1989

By the country of the rocket.

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1989.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Soviet Union	64	63%	333 t	64%
United States	18	18%	147 t	28%
Ukraine	11	11%	21 t	4%
France	7	7%	22 t	4%
Japan	2	2%	1 t	<1%