Emissions from Rocket Launches


Welcome to our tracker of pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions from rocket launches. Select a time window of interest to visualise pollution on a rotating globe, a static map, or a bar chart.

For more information, see the FAQs at the bottom of this page.

The time window available is for 3 years (2020-2022). We need your support to add more years and track emissions immediately after launches occur. Please donate to or share our GoFundMe page!

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Launch Information (emissions in tonnes, time in UTC). SMC = Satellite Megaconstellation.

Date ID Time Launch Site Rocket SMC BC CO CO2 H2O Al2O3 Cly NOx

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Developed by Connor Barker (UCL postdoc) and Eloise Marais (UCL PI), in collaboration with Jonathan McDowell (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). Interested in using the data or spot any room for improvements? Please reach out to Connor Barker at connor.barker@ucl.ac.uk.

Funding Disclaimer: This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 851854). European Commission project page.