National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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454Orbital launches
5,786All launches (incl. suborbital)
128Satellites in orbit
182Satellites built
19Rockets / spacecraft

National Aeronautics and Space Administration is a government organisation based in the United States, founded in 1958. Our records show 454 orbital launches, 128 satellites in orbit and 19 rockets or spacecraft.

Totals include the divisions, sites and subsidiaries listed under Structure below.

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Structure

Divisions, sites and subsidiaries

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 175 orbital launches · 86 satellites in orbit NASA Johnson Space Flight Center 137 orbital launches · 3 satellites in orbit NASA Lewis Research Center 71 orbital launches · 1 satellites in orbit NASA Langley Research Center 39 orbital launches · 11 satellites in orbit NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 25 orbital launches · 4 satellites in orbit NASA Manned Spacecraft Center 7 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit Jet Propulsion Lab 0 orbital launches · 10 satellites in orbit NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field 0 orbital launches · 9 satellites in orbit NASA Beltsville Space Center 0 orbital launches · 1 satellites in orbit NASA Wallops Flight Center 0 orbital launches · 1 satellites in orbit NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Engineering and Safety Center, LaRC 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Glenn Research Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA HQ-XS (Office of Space Access and Tech., OSAT/Code X) 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Langley Research Center, Space Task Group 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Mississippi Test Facility 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Space Task Group 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Stennis Space Center 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Wallops Flight Facility 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit NASA Wallops Station 0 orbital launches · 0 satellites in orbit
Products

Rockets and spacecraft

NameTypeStatusFirst flightLaunchesTo low orbit
Space Shuttle Rocket Retired 1981 135 (2 failed) 27,500 kg
Space Shuttle Spaceplane Retired 1981 135 (2 failed)
Mercury Capsule Retired 1961 17 (5 failed)
Apollo Lunar Module Lander Retired 1968 16
North American X-15 Spaceplane Retired 1959 13 (1 failed)
Saturn V Rocket Retired 1967 13 (1 failed) 140,000 kg
Gemini Capsule Retired 1964 12
Titan II Rocket Retired 1964 12 3,850 kg
Atlas LV-3B Rocket Retired 1960 10 (3 failed) 1,360 kg
Saturn IB Rocket Retired 1966 10 (1 failed) 21,000 kg
Scout X-1 Rocket Retired 1960 6 (3 failed) 59 kg
Nike Cajun Rocket Retired 1956 4
Orion Capsule Active 2022 3
Trailblazer 2 Rocket Retired 1961 3
Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket Active 2022 2 95,000 kg
Ares I-X Rocket Retired 2009 1
Orion Abort Test Booster Rocket Retired 2019 1
Trailblazer 1 Rocket Retired 1959 1
Space Launch System (SLS) Rocket Retired 0 105,000 kg
Activity

Orbital launches per year

11

Last 15 years. Peak: 3 launches in one year.

Satellites in orbit

By platform

Cubesat 6U11
CYGNSS7
TDRS6
Tiros6
Nimbus6
BCP-20004
Leostar-24
HS-3063

Recent launches

DateMissionVehicleSiteResult
22 Oct 2026 DUST IIIBlack Brant IXPF Success
20 Oct 2026 INFUSE IIBlack Brant IXPF Success
24 Jun 2026 Rocksat-X/RockOnTerrier Imp MalemuteWI Success
14 May 2026 FOXSI-5Black Brant IXPF Success
1 Apr 2026 IntegritySLS Block 1KSC Success
11 Mar 2026 ICI-5bTerrier Imp MalemuteAND Success
10 Feb 2026 GNEISS 2Black Brant IXPF Success
10 Feb 2026 GNEISS 1Black Brant IXPF Success
9 Feb 2026 BADASSBlack Brant IXPF Success
30 Jan 2026 PolarNOxBlack Brant IXPF Success
23 Nov 2025 RENU-3Oriole IVAND Success
18 Nov 2025 GHOSTTerrier Imp MalemuteAND Success
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Provenance

Where this comes from

This entry merges 3 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell) · Wikidata (Q23548 )
Verification status: cross-checked across sources, not yet reviewed by a person. How we build and check this data.

Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.