Starlink Launches Per Year: 2019 to 2026 Counts

SpaceX flew 122 launches named Starlink in 2025, according to Launch Library 2 (LL2), up from 89 in 2024 and 63 in 2023, and 83 more through October 13, 2026. That made Starlink about 74% of SpaceX's 165 Falcon 9 launches in 2025 (my arithmetic). Space.com counted 123 Starlink missions for 2025, one more than LL2, and I could not explain the gap. All counts below are LL2's, read on October 13, 2026.

Starlink launches by year#

Year	Starlink launches (LL2)	Change from prior year	Failures
2019	2		0
2020	14	+12	0
2021	17	+3	0
2022	34	+17	0
2023	63	+29	0
2024	89	+41%	1
2025	122	+37%	0
2026 (to October 13)	83		0

LL2 counts a launch as a Starlink launch when its name contains "Starlink", for example "Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-5". The only failure in the series is Starlink Group 9-3 on July 12, 2024. The 2026 line is a partial year: 83 launches in 286 days is about 0.29 a day, which would be near 106 over a full year if the pace held (a simple extrapolation, not a forecast).

How this was checked#

Mid-2025 cross-check. Spaceflight Now reported on August 17, 2025 that the Starlink 17-5 flight was SpaceX's 72nd Starlink launch of the year and its 100th Falcon 9 launch of 2025. LL2's list gives 71 Starlink launches and 99 Falcon 9 launches through August 14, so with the August 17 flight the two agree.
2025 total. LL2 lists 165 Falcon 9 launches in 2025, 122 of them named Starlink and 43 others. Space.com's year-end story says Starlink missions made up 123 of the 165 Falcon 9 launches, published on December 31, 2025. The totals match; the Starlink split differs by one launch, and I could not tell which launch is classified differently.
2024. Space.com's December 2024 reporting that about two-thirds of SpaceX's 134 orbital launches were Starlink fits LL2's 89.

For 2019 to 2023 I have only LL2, so treat those years as a single-source count.

What the count does and doesn't mean#

Launches are not satellites. A Starlink launch carries a batch of satellites, so the launch count is a measure of cadence, not constellation size. For satellites, see our guide to how many Starlink satellites are in orbit and the live constellation tracker.
Almost all are Falcon 9 flights. Of the 424 launches in the full 2019 to 2026 series, 423 are Falcon 9 and one is a Starship flight whose LL2 name includes "Starlink". I did not check which year it falls in, so a year's count may include it.
Reliability is a separate question. One failure in 2024 and none since is a record worth reading with sample size in mind; see how to compare launch success rates fairly.
What flies after launch matters too. Satellites that reach orbit still maneuver and retire; SpaceX's own report is covered in our Starlink collision-avoidance guide.

This is research, not financial advice.

Following launch cadence on Martian Alpha#

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FAQ#

How many Starlink launches were there in 2025?#

Launch Library 2 lists 122 launches named Starlink in 2025, all successful. Space.com reported 123 Starlink missions among 165 Falcon 9 launches. The one-launch difference is likely classification, but I could not confirm that.

How many Starlink launches has SpaceX done in 2026?#

83 through October 13, 2026 per Launch Library 2, none of them failures.

How many Starlink launches per year did SpaceX do in 2024?#

89, including one failure (Starlink Group 9-3 on July 12, 2024), according to Launch Library 2.

How many satellites does one Starlink launch carry?#

It varies. The August 17, 2025 flight carried 24, according to Spaceflight Now, and Space.com says the 2025 Starlink launches lofted more than 3,000 satellites in total. Use the launch count for cadence and a satellite tracker for the numbers in orbit.

Where can I check these numbers?#

Launch Library 2 is a free public API (thespacedevs.com). Search it for launches with "Starlink" in the name and filter by date.

Sources#

Launch Library 2 API (The Space Devs): launches searched for "Starlink" by year, read October 13, 2026; status filter used for failures.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX flies 24 Starlink satellites on its 100th Falcon 9 launch of 2025 (August 17, 2025)
Space.com: SpaceX shatters its rocket launch record yet again, 165 orbital flights in 2025 (December 31, 2025)
Percentages, the 74% share and the 106 extrapolation are my own arithmetic.

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