Why the UAE must build its own orbital access capability


Individual launch providers

Looking at the individual launch providers over the same period, we find that there are 36 of them in total, and they represent a mix of private and public entities, with civil and military agendas. The 625 orbital launches between Q1/2023 and Q2/2025 have sent a total of 7,894 spacecraft to orbit, with a total upmass of 4,931,140 kg. The leading providers are Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), China Aerospace Science & Technology Corporation (CASC), Roscosmos, Rocket Lab, and United Launch Alliance (ULA). They have sent to orbit 6742, 427, 132, 79, and 73 spacecrafts respectively, the vast majority of them satellites.


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