2024 established space flight records for the fourth consecutive year with 259 launches worldwide and an attempt to launch approximately every 34 hours, according to a recent analysis of the global space economy.
The report, published by The spatial reportThe research arm of the non -profit organization Space Foundation, based in Colorado, also predicts that the rhythm of the launches will continue to increase this year. This growth is partly due to a renewed approach in independent launch capabilities in Europe, where launch vehicles in France, Germany and the United Kingdom are waiting for their debut flights.
“There are reasons to have confidence in the ascending trajectory of the space economy,” said the Executive Director of the Space Foundation, Heather Pringle. statement. “One of the best ways to maintain that growth continues to create capacity for others to join us.”
According to the report, SpacexA key launch services provider to POT And the pentagon, engraved 132 Falcon 9 Flights last year, which represent a little more than half of the global launch traffic. Almost 90 of those releases were destined to help expand Star link Communications Network, which serves more than 4 million customers worldwide and is projected to arrive $ 11.8 billion in income this year.
In addition, the deployment of the military spacecraft increased by 86%. This important increase is mainly due to the more than 100 spacex satellites launched for the Starshield constellation To support national security efforts, in accordance with patented research conducted by the spatial report and orbital information available publicly maintained by the American space force.
The United States “dominated the launch cycle in 2024, surpassing China for more than 2 to 1,” says the report. Meanwhile, Russia significantly increased the number of Satellites It was deployed in Land orbit, which rises from 21 in 2023 to 98 in 2024, with half of these spacecraft joining a network built to monitor ships along the strategically important route of the North Sea, as well as other oceans.
Still, space You are ready to get even more busy this year. Only in the United States Blue originThe long -awaited new Glenn Rocket He made his debut flight last monthReach the orbit and give the company the opportunity to compete with Spacex’s Falcon 9. Between the missions New Glenn Eventually the support is the Kuiper of Amazon project, whose objective is to rival the Spacex Starlink network to provide global broadband Internet services.
This year will also mark the inaugural flights of the Sierra Espacio Dream hunter space -Space for the International Space Station About a Rocket Vulcan – Scheduled for Not before May – and Rocket laboratory‘s partially reusable neutron rocket in mid -2015.
“These activities underline the growing prominence of commercial companies in space,” Matt Ondler, director of Technology of Axioma spaceThe spatial report said.
In preparation for an occupied year ahead, the Federal Communications Commission formally assigned an additional spectrum for commercial spaces and introduced a more simplified process to accelerate regulatory procedures. This change is designed to “allow companies Declaration of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In Europe, the French company latitude is preparing for the debut flight of its small launch vehicle called Zephyr This year. Similarly, the German rocket factory, Augsburg, points to the opening launch of its RFA One rocket; The company is rebuilding the first stage after the original was destroyed during a static fire test.
Meanwhile, the space flight company based in the United Kingdom Orbex hopes to launch its first two -stage rocket called prime By the end of this year, and Skyorra, with Scotland headquarters, you are preparing to launch your Skylark L Suborbital flight After a year of regulatory obstacles.
In Australia, the startup of launch vehicles Gilmour Space is preparing for the launch of the Eris Rocket maiden, the first rocket made in Australia on the Australian floor.
“The pitchers can be small, but they are significant for the nations that strive to develop the sovereign launch capacity,” says the new report, with the previous nations “looking for smaller launch vehicles to give safe access to the space.”
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