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US companies, led by SpaceX, launched more than any other country in 2020 – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket soars into the sky with 60 Starlink internet satellites after liftoff Oct. 18 from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX
Leading all other nations, U.S. launch providers flew 44 missions in 2020 that aimed to place payloads in Earth orbit or deep space, with 40 successes. China followed with 35 successful orbital missions in 39 launch attempts.
Russia’s space program was in third place with 17 successful launches of Russian-built rockets in as many tries,…
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