The first acceleration
The early Space Race made launch cadence a public signal of ambition, pressure, and belief.
Launch Pulse
A field note in data form.
Orbital launch history is one way to see the human frontier: the cadence of a species learning, slowly and unevenly, to leave its planet.
4,782orbital attempts
271record year
69years tracked
Pattern
The pulse is not the company. It is one signal.
The long plateau
For decades, the cadence stayed narrow. The frontier remained real, but distant.
The second acceleration
Commercial launch, reusability, and new demand changed the rhythm. Space became one visible horizon again.