SpaceX launched over 20% of the world's rockets in 2017

Started by Legend, Dec 31, 2017, 06:22 PM

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Legend

18 out of 84 launches were done by SpaceX. For comparison in 2016, SpaceX only launched 8 out of 82.

SpaceX steamroller is here.

SWORDF1SH

Did Kim Jong Un launch the other 80%, or are those different rockets?

Legend

Did Kim Jong Un launch the other 80%, or are those different rockets?
North Korea launched missiles that went really high up into space but they didn't send anything into orbit this year.

19 of the other launches were Russian, 16 were Chinese, 11 were other US based companies, and various other countries. I was shocked when I learned that 50+ rockets have been launched every year since 1962 and it's a huge industry outside of just the big televised launches.

the-pi-guy

US led rocket launches for the first time since 2003.