BryceTech: Annual Launch Rates Increased 25% In 2025

SpaceX

A SpaceX Falcon-9 launches Dec. 17, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit.

Credit: SpaceX
Nations worldwide completed a collective 325 orbital launches in 2025, marking a 25% jump over 2024 numbers as space companies race for slots on rides to orbit. Commercial launch providers supported 180, or 87% of those launches, per an April 10 report from BryceTech. SpaceX continued to dominate...
Vivienne Machi

Vivienne Machi is the military space editor for Aviation Week based in Los Angeles.

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