About the Space Industry Emissions Tracker

Welcome to this global dataset and visualization platform for tracking rocket launch emissions. As launch rates surge, understanding their environmental impact is more important than ever.

Select a time window to visualise pollution on interactive plots or a 2D map.

Frequently Asked Questions

Acknowledgements

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

Funding Information

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.

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Citation

Barker, C. R., Marais, E. A., & McDowell J. C. (2026). Space Industry Emissions Tracker, v2.6.0, https://orbitalemissions.org/. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18173797.