Russia launches radar satellite
Russia today successfully launched a new radar Earth-observation satellite, its Soyuz-2 rocket lifting off from its Vostochny spaceport in the far east.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
122 SpaceX
55 China
15 Russia
13 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise still leads the rest of the world combined in successful launches 141 to 83, while SpaceX by itself leads the entire world, including American companies, 122 to 102.
Russia today successfully launched a new radar Earth-observation satellite, its Soyuz-2 rocket lifting off from its Vostochny spaceport in the far east.
The leaders in the 2024 launch race:
122 SpaceX
55 China
15 Russia
13 Rocket Lab
American private enterprise still leads the rest of the world combined in successful launches 141 to 83, while SpaceX by itself leads the entire world, including American companies, 122 to 102.