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How many rocket launches has Russia done?

Russia has made 900 orbital launch attempts since 1992, and 859 succeeded. In 2025 there were 17. 2026 stands at 14 through October 16, 1 ahead of the 13 at the same point in 2025. Soviet-era launches are not counted.

900

Launch attempts in total

Launches in 2025

So far in 2026

1992

Busiest year, 55 launches

A long-exposure photo of the flight path of a Soyuz rocket against a night sky — The flight path of the Soyuz TMA-12M rocket as it launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on March 26, 2014, in a long exposure. Photo: NASA/Bill Ingalls.

Launches per year

Orbital launch attempts, Russian rockets since 1992. 2026 is partial, through October 16.

Launches by month in 2025

Launch attempts by month in 2025.

Pads and launch complexes

The busiest pads over the last five years.

Baykonur, LC3140 (39.2%)
Plesetsk, LC43/426 (25.5%)
Plesetsk, LC35/19 (8.8%)
Vostochniy, PU1S9 (8.8%)
Plesetsk, LC43/38 (7.8%)
Plesetsk, LC43/4?4 (3.9%)
Baykonur, LC81/244 (3.9%)
Baykonur, LC200/392 (2.0%)

Which rockets

Rockets launched in 2024 and 2025.

Soyuz-2-1B19 (41.3%)
Soyuz-2-1A18 (39.1%)
Angara-1.25 (10.9%)
Soyuz-2-1V2 (4.3%)
Angara A5/Orion1 (2.2%)
Angara A51 (2.2%)

Sources and method

GCAT by Jonathan McDowell, CC BY 4.0. Updated October 17, 2026. Data from GCAT (J. McDowell, planet4589.org/space/gcat).
Scope: Russian rockets since 1992. Counts are one per launch, including failures. 2026 is partial, through October 16.