Jonathan's Space Pages

Decadal Trends

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.

Decadal trends: orbital launch attempts by country

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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

AAmateur/Academic (non-profit)
BBusiness (commercial)
CCivil (government agency, non defense)
DDefense (government agency, defense or intelligence)
SSSpaceship (government agency, human spaceflight

as well as dual-use categories (C/D, C/B etc)

Mission categories are

TECHTest, Technology and component development
SCIScientific research, including astronomy, life and space sci
PLANMissions intended to leave Earth orbit
IMGEarth imaging including weather
COMCommunications
NAVNavigation, plus search-and-rescue
SSSpaceships (human spaceflight related including cargo and station modules)
SIGSignals intelligence
CALPassive calibration satellites
MILSpace weapons

Country/region abbreviations for launch vehicles are

USSRUSSR and Russian Federation
USAUnited States
UKUnited Kingdom
FFrance (including Arianespace)
PRCPeople's Republic of China
JJapan
EUREurope (ELDO/ESA but not Arianespace)
INIndia
BRBrazil
ILIsrael
KRSouth Korea
KPNorth Korea
IRIran

Country/region abbreviations for satellite owner/manufactures are

USSRUSSR and Russian Federation
USAUnited States
EURWestern Europe (including UK, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Luxembourg, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and European regional IGOs)
CACanada
INTLInternational (Global IGOs including pre-privatized Inmarsat, Intelsat and Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd)
JJapan
AUAustralia
PRCPeople's Republic of China
INIndia
ASIARest 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.EASTMiddle East including Saudi Arabia, Israel, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, UAE, Iran
LAT.AMLatin America including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela
E.EUREastern Europe including Czechia, Ukraine, Belarus, Hungary, Poland, Romania
AFRAfrica excluding MidEast but including South Africa, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Mauritius