Data comes from The Economist GitHub. The following information was taken directly from their GitHub readme.
These are the data behind the "space launches" article, The space race is dominated by new contenders.
Principal data came from the Jonathan McDowell's JSR Launch Vehicle Database, available online at http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html.
| File | Contents | Source |
|---|---|---|
| agencies | Space launch providers | Jonathan McDowell; The Economist |
| launches | Individual space launches | Jonathan McDowell; The Economist |
| variable | definition |
|---|---|
| tag | Harvard or COSPAR id of launch |
| JD | Julian Date of launch |
| launch_date | date of launch |
| launch_year | year of launch |
| type | type of launch vehicle |
| variant | variant of launch vehicle |
| mission | |
| agency | launching agency |
| state_code | launching agency's state |
| category | success (O) or failure (F) |
| agency_type | type of agency |
| variable | definition |
|---|---|
| agency | org phase code |
| count | number of launches |
| ucode | org Ucode |
| state_code | responsible state |
| type | type of org |
| class | class of org |
| tstart | org/phase founding date |
| tstop | org/phase ending date |
| short_name | short name |
| name | full name |
| location | plain english location |
| longitude | |
| latitude | |
| error | uncertainty in long/lat |
| parent | parent org |
| short_english_name | english short name |
| english_name | english full name |
| unicode_name | unicode full name |
| agency_type | type of agency |