China last year performed 64 orbital ... 2023. It also plans to conduct a test flight of the smaller Long March 6C. China's 64 launches last year put it second behind only the United States in ...

The more than 20 launches now planned by commercial launch service providers would notably eclipse the total number of orbital launches conducted by China ... in the United States, exemplified ...

Led by SpaceX and China ... orbital launches from last year. Global launch activity stagnated after the end of the Cold War, when Russia, and to a lesser extent the United States, cut back ...

Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites ... “It sounds the trumpet for us to start a high-density orbital launch in 2023,” it said, adding that it plans to ...

BDS-3 came online in July 2020, making China the third country, after the United States and ... nation plans to launch more than 200 spacecraft on at least 60 launches during 2023, and private ...

SpaceX’s record year pushed U.S. orbital launch activity to a total of 145 flights in 2024, compared to 109 attempts in 2023. In addition ... activity in 2024 was China, which has surpassed ...