In 2023, 117 commercial space rockets were launched by U.S. American companies, the highest number so far in this century. The number of space launches has increased considerably in the last decade fueled by the decrease in launch costs and the emergence of new commercial providers like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Rocket Lab.
A commercial launch is a launch that is internationally competed (i.e. available in principle to international launch providers) or whose primary payload is commercial in nature. FAA-licensed launches carrying captive government (NASA and DOD) or industry payloads (ORBCOMM, Delta 3 demosat, Zenit 3SL demosat, and others) are counted here. Data are for orbital launches only.
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US Department of Transportation. (March 1, 2024). U.S. commercial space launches from 1990 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/185464/total-us-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
US Department of Transportation. "U.S. commercial space launches from 1990 to 2023." Chart. March 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/185464/total-us-commercial-space-launches-since-1990/
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