In 2020, Roskosmos performed twice as few launches as originally planned, reports Interfax , referring to the statement of the general director of the state corporation Dmitry Rogozin , published in the Siberian Sputnik magazine.
“Last year, we carried out less than planned launches of space rockets in the interests of the state and our commercial partners. But in certain difficult circumstances, all economies of the world were forced to adjust their plans,” its head explains the lag of Roscosmos.
The Agency draws attention to the fact that in April the manager spoke about the plans of the state corporation in 2020 to conduct 33 launches of space rockets.
In December, ArsTechnica noticed that the American SpaceX in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, broke its own record in 2018 for the number of rocket launches .
To date, SpaceX has completed 25 launches in 2020, 14 of which have launched Starlink satellites.
Roskosmos during the same period 16 launches.
According to open data, China and the United States, the largest economies in the world, are in 2020 a > conducted more launches of space rockets than in 2019 .