Italy Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, Italy has flown 2 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 1% of the world's launches, and 30 since its first in 2012. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Earth Science
Vega-C
Sep 15, 2026
Vega-C flight VV30 successfully placed Copernicus Sentinel-3C and ESA's FLEX Earth Explorer into about 810 km sun-synchronous orbit from French Guiana. On Vega-C's first dual launch, the new Vespa adapter released Sentinel-3C first and FLEX about an hour later; both contacted ESOC. FLEX is ESA's first satellite built to measure plant fluorescence from space.
Next mission
Drawing unavailable
No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
4 t
vs 2 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.1 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Italy launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Italy launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
Italy in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, Italy and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, Italy and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by Italy, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 1%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 2
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 1%
- 3 launches
- All time
- 30
- since 2012
Orbital launch attempts per year, Italy and the rest of the world, 2012 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
Italy's rockets in 2026
Launch success rate by Italy rocket, 2012 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | Italy | World | Italy share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 2 | 248 | 1% |
| 2025 | 3 | 329 | 1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 263 | 1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 223 | <1% |
| 2022 | 2 | 186 | 1% |
| 2021 | 3 | 146 | 2% |
| 2020 | 2 | 114 | 2% |
| 2019 | 2 | 102 | 2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 114 | 2% |
| 2017 | 3 | 90 | 3% |
| 2016 | 2 | 85 | 2% |
| 2015 | 3 | 87 | 3% |
| 2014 | 1 | 92 | 1% |
| 2013 | 1 | 81 | 1% |
| 2012 | 1 | 78 | 1% |