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Meanwhile, Falcon 9 became the world's most reliable launch vehicle today (after today's Soyuz-FG launch failure):

http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/log2018.html

Vehicle /Attempts Est* 95%CI* Succes Fail

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Falcon 9 v1.2 42/42(D) 0.98 0.90-1.00 42 None 2015-

Atlas 5 77/78 0.98 0.92-1.00 68 06/15/07 2002-

Delta 4M(+) 27/27 0.97 0.85-1.00 27 None 2002-

Soyuz-FG 54/55 0.96 0.89-1.00 0 10/11/18 2001-

Ariane 5-ECA 65/67 0.96 0.89-1.00 2 01/25/18 2002-



It seems weird that the Falcon 9 only includes numbers for "v1.2"(I'm assuming this is block 4/5?), while other vehicles don't have the same granularity. Also IMO it should count as a failure to blow up on the pad and destroy your payload, even if it's before the launch.


All of the OP's vehicles have specific versions, which are (mostly) the latest flying iteration. They just use different nomenclature.


I mean Soyuz-FG did just fail and not kill its occupants, so good on that team!


Perhaps you mean world's most reliable currently active launch vehicle? At your link, I see the retired Atlas 2/2AS also had a perfect record, with more attempts (63 successes of 63 attempts).


That's correct. Recently retired Delta II also had a great record. Only active ones count.




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