Transport > Space Stats: compare key data on Iran & United States
Definitions
- Failed launches in 2012: Number of failed orbital launch attempts in 2012.
- Failed launches in 2012 per million people: Number of failed orbital launch attempts in 2012. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
- Space agency: Name of each country's space agency.
- Successful launches in 2012: Number of successful orbital launches in 2012.
- Successful launches in 2012 per million people: Number of successful orbital launches in 2012. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
SOURCES: Wikipedia: 2012 in spaceflight (By country); Wikipedia: 2012 in spaceflight (By country). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of government space agencies (Budgets)