Rocket Lab launches NASA climate satellite
Rocket Lab today successfully launched the first of two NASA PREFIRE climate satellites, its Electron rocket lifting off from its launchpad in New Zealand.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
55 SpaceX
23 China
7 Russia
6 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise now leads the world combined in successful launches, 63 to 36, while SpaceX by itself leads the entire world, including other American companies, 55 to 44.
Rocket Lab today successfully launched the first of two NASA PREFIRE climate satellites, its Electron rocket lifting off from its launchpad in New Zealand.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
55 SpaceX
23 China
7 Russia
6 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise now leads the world combined in successful launches, 63 to 36, while SpaceX by itself leads the entire world, including other American companies, 55 to 44.