The Russians shot two more rockets into space than the Americans. Says a lot for efficiency when the EU launched three rockets and put 9 satellites into orbit while China used 8 launches for the same amount of satellites.
http://www.spacedaily.com/news/launchers-05i.html
Russia Led In 2004 Space Launches
Moscow (UPI) Jan 18, 2005
Russia carried out 40 percent of the world’s rocket launches into orbit in 2004, RKA, the country’s space agency reported. Of the 53 successful launches worldwide last year, Russia carried out 21, sending 31 spacecraft – commercial and military – into orbit for itself and five other nations plus the European Union. One launch – a Tsyklon-3 rocket carrying two Ukrainian remote-sensing satellites – failed Dec. 24.
The United States accounted for 19 launches and 21 satellites. The European Union launched three rockets carrying nine satellites. China had eight launches carrying nine satellites, and India put one satellite into orbit.
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January 20, 2005 at 9:22 pm