By Orbit
| Orbital regime | Launches | Successes | Failures | Accidentally Achieved |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Earth orbit | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 11 to ISS |
| Medium Earth orbit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Geosynchronous/transfer | 25 | 24 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Earth orbit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Including lunar transfer and Molniya orbits |
Read more about this topic: 2008 In Spaceflight, Orbital Launch Summary
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“The Fitchburg Railroad touches the pond about a hundred rods south of where I dwell. I usually go to the village along its causeway, and am, as it were, related to society by this link. The men on the freight trains, who go over the whole length of the road, bow to me as to an old acquaintance, they pass me so often, and apparently they take me for an employee; and so I am. I too would fain be a track-repairer somewhere in the orbit of the earth.”
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