16,278Active satellitesJonathan McDowell, planet4589.org · 13 Aug 2026
1952026 orbital attempts188 of 195 succeeded, one of the seven failures partial
7Listed companies trackedclose, 14 August 2026
≈46,230Catalogued objectsESA DISCOSweb · 31 Jul 2026
The dashboard · dated 2026-08-16
Launch cadence
2026 to 16 August 2026, against full-year 2025.
| Provider | 2026 | 2025 | Note |
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| Global orbital attempts | 195 | 329 | 188 of 195 succeeded, one of the seven failures partial |
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| SpaceX Falcon 9 + Heavy | 97 | 165 | no failures either year; 96 Falcon 9 and one Falcon Heavy in 2026 |
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| China, all vehicles | 56 | 92 | four failures this year; stated national target near 140 for 2026 |
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| Rocket Lab Electron | 10 | 18 | all successful; Neutron still unflown, debut targeted late 2026 |
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| ULA | 5 | 6 | four Atlas V and one Vulcan; every flight since February has been Atlas V |
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| Arianespace Ariane 6 | 3 | 4 | all successful |
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| Blue Origin New Glenn | 1 | 2 | April's flight left its payload short of the target orbit; May's loss was a pad explosion |
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| SpaceX Starship tests | 2 | 5 | Flight 12 in May, Flight 13 in July |
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Source: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT launch catalogue
The market board
Listed space companies at the close, 14 August 2026.
| Ticker | Close | Day | 52-week range | Latest material event |
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| SPCX SpaceX | $140.00 | -0.91% | $104.83 to $225.64 | Listed on Nasdaq on 12 June 2026 at $135 a share, about $75bn raised; the close sits just above the listing price. 12 Jun · source |
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| RKLB Rocket Lab | $80.25 | +0.19% | $37.57 to $151.00 | $397m US Space Force contract to build and launch Flatellites, flying on the still-unflown Neutron. 4 Aug · source |
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| ASTS AST SpaceMobile | $70.98 | -0.76% | $36.08 to $133.86 | BlueBird 11 to 13 launched: Block 2 satellites at roughly double first-generation throughput. 5 Aug · source |
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| FLY Firefly Aerospace | $26.67 | -0.37% | $16.00 to $62.17 | $144m NASA contract for an accelerated sixth Blue Ghost lunar mission. 30 Jun · source |
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| PL Planet Labs | $24.69 | -0.24% | $6.10 to $51.76 | Record quarterly revenue of $94m, up 42% year on year, for the quarter to 30 April. 4 Jun · source |
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| LUNR Intuitive Machines | $19.01 | +8.26% | $7.78 to $46.75 | Q2 revenue over four times a year earlier, and a record $1.8bn quarter-end backlog; the shares rose 8% on the day. 13 Aug · source |
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| RDW Redwire | $13.58 | +2.88% | $4.87 to $26.64 | Record quarterly revenue of $117.1m, up 89.6% year on year, with backlog at $542.1m. 5 Aug · source |
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Technical milestones · last 90 days
- 16 Aug 2026SpaceX flew two Falcon 9s 38 minutes apart from opposite coasts, Globalstar 2-R from Cape Canaveral at 01:12 UTC and the classified USSF-366 from Vandenberg at 01:50 UTC; Spaceflight Now records the 38.5-minute gap as the shortest between two SpaceX launches to date. source
- 5 Aug 2026AST SpaceMobile's Block 2 BlueBirds reach orbit: up to roughly 200 Mbps from a satellite direct to an unmodified phone, double the first generation. source
- 30 Jul 2026NASA joined the Orion crew and service modules for Artemis III at Kennedy; all four SLS engines are in the assembly building. source
- 24 Jul 2026Starship Flight 13: first working Starlink V3 deployment from Starship, an in-space Raptor relight, and the ship's first intact splashdown. source
- 5 Jul 2026JAXA's Hayabusa2 flew within roughly 400 metres of asteroid Torifune, the closest flyby of any Solar System body to date. source
- 28 May 2026Blue Origin's next New Glenn booster was destroyed in a static-fire explosion at LC-36; the company later pointed to a BE-4 main oxygen valve fault. Return to flight is targeted before the end of 2026. source
- 22 May 2026Starship Flight 12, the first Block 3 test: the ship hit its marks, but the booster lit one of thirteen landing engines and was lost, drawing an FAA mishap investigation. source
Money in motion · last 90 days
- $4.16bnSpaceX: US Space Force agreement for a satellite constellation tracking airborne threats. 29 May 2026 · source
- $1.6bnSpaceX: two national-security task orders covering 18 Falcon 9 launches through 2027. 29 Jul 2026 · source
- $907.4mNASA Moon Base awards to Astrolab, Lunar Outpost and Blue Origin for rovers and cargo landers. 26 May 2026 · source
- $615mUS Space Force airborne-target-tracking awards across three vendors; Rocket Lab's share is $397m. 4 Aug 2026 · source
- $500mK2 Space Series D at a $6.8bn valuation to scale large high-power satellites. 30 Jul 2026 · source
- $500mImpulse Space Series D at a $4.26bn valuation for in-space mobility. 2 Jun 2026 · source
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