ROOT / ROCKETS // LAUNCH PROVIDERS
// Rockets · decoded · deep-research pass
Launch Providers, decoded.
Who flies most, cheapest, and most reliably.
LIVE · feed-ready◊ confidence: Medium
// the signal · what the data says
SpaceX is a category of one: ~150 orbital launches a year, >90% booster reuse, near-perfect reliability. China's CASC is second by volume; Rocket Lab leads the small-launch tier. Everyone else flies in the single digits. Cadence and reuse, not headline thrust, define the modern launch race.
// comparison · every entry, benchmarked & annotated
| Name | Maker | Launches/yr | Reuse (%) | Success (%) |
|---|
| SpaceX | Commercial | 150 | 94 | 99 |
| ◊ More than rest of world combined |
| CASC | China | 68 | 10 | 97 |
| ◊ State launch backbone |
| Roscosmos | Russia | 19 | 0 | 96 |
| ◊ Soyuz workhorse |
| Rocket Lab | Commercial | 16 | 40 | 95 |
| ◊ Small-launch leader, Neutron next |
| ULA | Commercial | 8 | 0 | 100 |
| ◊ Perfect record, low cadence |
| ISRO | India | 7 | 0 | 95 |
| ◊ Low-cost, rising |
// leaderboard · Launches/yr
01SpaceX150
02CASC68
03Roscosmos19
04Rocket Lab16
05ULA8
06ISRO7
// sources & where to verify
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◊ Deep-research pass, mid-2026. Headline/volatile figures web-verified against the sources above; engineering specs from primary/vendor data. Green = best value in column · confidence: Medium · verify volatile figures (prices, counts, live feeds) before publishing.