Here we show pie charts of various quantities summed over a decade at a time. Radius of the pie is proportional to the total quantity for that decade.
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Orbital Launch Attempts: by country and decade. Size of circle indicates total launch rate. | |
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Satellites launched by owner class and decade. Size of circle indicates total no of sats. | |
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Satellite tonnage launched by owner class and decade. Size of circle indicates total tonnage of sats. Mass includes that of Space Shuttle orbiters, explaining the large values in 1981-2011 | |
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Satellites launched by mission category and decade. Size of circle indicates total no of sats. | |
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Satellite tonnage launched by mission category and decade. Size of circle indicates total tonnage of sats | |
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Satellites launched by owner region and decade. Size of circle indicates total no of sats. | |
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Satellite tonnage launched by owner region and decade. Size of circle indicates total tonnage of sats | |
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Satellites launched by manufacturer region and decade. Size of circle indicates total no of sats. | |
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Satellite tonnage launched by manufacturer region and decade. Size of circle indicates total tonnage of sats |
Owner categories are
A | Amateur/Academic (non-profit) |
B | Business (commercial) |
C | Civil (government agency, non defense) |
D | Defense (government agency, defense or intelligence) |
SS | Spaceship (government agency, human spaceflight |
as well as dual-use categories (C/D, C/B etc)
Mission categories are
TECH | Test, Technology and component development |
SCI | Scientific research, including astronomy, life and space sci |
PLAN | Missions intended to leave Earth orbit |
IMG | Earth imaging including weather |
COM | Communications |
NAV | Navigation, plus search-and-rescue |
SS | Spaceships (human spaceflight related including cargo and station modules) |
SIG | Signals intelligence |
CAL | Passive calibration satellites |
MIL | Space weapons |
Country/region abbreviations for launch vehicles are
USSR | USSR and Russian Federation |
USA | United States |
UK | United Kingdom |
F | France (including Arianespace) |
PRC | People's Republic of China |
J | Japan |
EUR | Europe (ELDO/ESA but not Arianespace) |
IN | India |
BR | Brazil |
IL | Israel |
KR | South Korea |
KP | North Korea |
IR | Iran |
Country/region abbreviations for satellite owner/manufactures are
USSR | USSR and Russian Federation |
USA | United States |
EUR | Western Europe (including UK, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and European regional IGOs) |
CA | Canada |
INTL | International (Global IGOs including pre-privatized Inmarsat, Intelsat and Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd) |
J | Japan |
AU | Australia |
PRC | People's Republic of China |
IN | India |
ASIA | Rest of Asia excluding MidEast, India, China, Asian Russia and Japan but including Indonesia, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, North and South Korea, Vietnam, Taiwan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan |
M.EAST | Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, UAE, Iran |
LAT.AM | Latin America including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela |
E.EUR | Eastern Europe including Czechia, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Poland, Romania |
AFR | Africa excluding MidEast but including South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Mauritius |