1990 Rocket Launch Statistics

In 1990, there were 121 orbital launch attempts worldwide, and 114 of them reached orbit. That is 19 more than in 1989. By country, the Soviet Union launched 65 and the United States 27. Together they put 520 tonnes of payload in orbit.

Statistics summary

Rockets launched

1990

121

vs 102 in 1989

Per week

2.3

vs 2.0 in 1989

Payload to orbit

1990

520 t

vs 524 t in 1989

Per week

10 t

vs 10 t in 1989

Reached orbit

1990

94%

114 of 121; 6 failures, 1 partial

1989

99%

101 of 102; 1 failure

Who flew

Companies

vs 11 in 1989

Countries

vs 5 in 1989

Who flew in 1990

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1990 against 1989. Drawings at one true scale.

Every company, as a table

Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by company, 1990.
Company	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Progress RSC	44	36%	233 t	45%
Yuzhmash	14	12%	29 t	6%
Khrunichev	11	9%	49 t	9%
McDonnell Douglas	10	8%	16 t	3%
Polyot	10	8%	8 t	1%
Aérospatiale	6	5%	16 t	3%
Rockwell / Martin Marietta / Thiokol	6	5%	133 t	26%
CASC	5	4%	8 t	2%
Lockheed Martin	5	4%	20 t	4%
Convair	2	2%	2 t	<1%
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	2	2%	2 t	<1%
General Dynamics	1	1%	2 t	<1%
Israel Aerospace Industries	1	1%	160 kg	<1%
Nissan	1	1%	722 kg	<1%
Orbital Sciences	1	1%	272 kg	<1%
ULA	1	1%	2 t	<1%
Vought	1	1%	140 kg	<1%

Launches and payload by week

Orbital launch attempts per week, 1990

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, 1990, newest week first.
Week of	SpaceX	Rest of US	Europe	China	Russia	India	Rest of World	All	Payload to orbit
23 Dec 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	10 t
16 Dec 1990	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	11 t
9 Dec 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	800 kg
2 Dec 1990	–	1	–	–	4	–	–	5	34 t
25 Nov 1990	–	2	–	–	1	–	–	3	5 t
18 Nov 1990	–	–	1	–	3	–	–	4	9 t
11 Nov 1990	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	38 t
28 Oct 1990	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	4 t
14 Oct 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
7 Oct 1990	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	4 t
30 Sep 1990	–	2	–	1	2	–	–	5	37 t
23 Sep 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	11 t
16 Sep 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
9 Sep 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	800 kg
2 Sep 1990	–	–	–	1	1	–	–	2	7 t
26 Aug 1990	–	–	1	–	3	–	1	5	13 t
19 Aug 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
12 Aug 1990	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	18 t
5 Aug 1990	–	–	–	–	3	–	–	3	3 t
29 Jul 1990	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	17 t
22 Jul 1990	–	1	1	–	1	–	–	3	7 t
15 Jul 1990	–	–	–	1	3	–	–	4	18 t
8 Jul 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	7 t
1 Jul 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	–
24 Jun 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
17 Jun 1990	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	16 t
10 Jun 1990	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
3 Jun 1990	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	4 t
27 May 1990	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	28 t
20 May 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	3 t
13 May 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	10 t
6 May 1990	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	7 t
29 Apr 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	9 t
22 Apr 1990	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	28 t
15 Apr 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	7 t
8 Apr 1990	–	2	–	–	2	–	–	4	15 t
1 Apr 1990	–	1	–	1	2	–	1	5	2 t
25 Mar 1990	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
18 Mar 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	7 t
11 Mar 1990	–	1	–	–	1	–	–	2	3 t
25 Feb 1990	–	1	–	–	3	–	–	4	47 t
18 Feb 1990	–	–	1	–	–	–	–	1	–
11 Feb 1990	–	1	–	–	2	–	–	3	12 t
4 Feb 1990	–	–	–	1	1	–	1	3	3 t
28 Jan 1990	–	–	–	–	1	–	–	1	2 t
21 Jan 1990	–	1	1	–	2	–	1	5	13 t
14 Jan 1990	–	–	–	–	2	–	–	2	7 t
7 Jan 1990	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	12 t
31 Dec 1989	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	1	8 t

Year against year

Orbital launch attempts, year against year, 1987 to 1990

Added up through each year.

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Orbital launch attempts · payload delivered to orbit, added up by the end of each month, 1987 to 1990.
By the end of	1987	1988	1989	1990
January	10 · 33 t	6 · 20 t	7 · 29 t	10 · 42 t
February	22 · 79 t	14 · 49 t	18 · 60 t	21 · 104 t
March	32 · 125 t	29 · 96 t	26 · 120 t	27 · 117 t
April	40 · 171 t	36 · 121 t	32 · 145 t	42 · 169 t
May	50 · 220 t	48 · 176 t	39 · 203 t	50 · 225 t
June	58 · 231 t	56 · 207 t	50 · 236 t	59 · 252 t
July	68 · 284 t	69 · 245 t	60 · 280 t	69 · 286 t
August	75 · 326 t	80 · 289 t	69 · 338 t	84 · 339 t
September	87 · 381 t	95 · 363 t	82 · 381 t	90 · 360 t
October	95 · 418 t	102 · 385 t	88 · 428 t	98 · 409 t
November	101 · 447 t	110 · 505 t	96 · 500 t	109 · 463 t
December	114 · 499 t	121 · 571 t	102 · 524 t	121 · 520 t

Busiest rockets in 1990

Launches and payload by country in 1990

Orbital launch attempts by country, 1990

By the country of the rocket.

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Orbital launch attempts and payload delivered to orbit by the country of the rocket, 1990.
Country	Launches	Share	Payload to orbit	Share
Soviet Union	65	54%	289 t	56%
United States	27	22%	175 t	34%
Ukraine	14	12%	29 t	6%
France	6	5%	16 t	3%
China	5	4%	8 t	2%
Japan	3	2%	3 t	1%
Israel	1	1%	160 kg	<1%