Launch Attempts Set 40-Year Low; Satellite Service Shifts
Technical issues with launchers and payloads held the number of orbital launch attempts to 54 in 2004, the lowest number since 1961. The space department of the Airclaims consultancy also found that launches to geostationary orbit declined, to 12 payloads on 12 launch vehicles last year from 17...
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