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Europe, India and Japan Faced Launch Delays & Setbacks in 2022
December 31, 2022 Doug MessierThe U.S. and China set new launch records in 2022. While lagged far behind in third place, Russia could take pride in the fact that all its launches were successful. The year didn’t go quite as well for three other major launching powers, however.
Japan and Europe each suffered a launch failure while watching the maiden flights of new boosters slip into 2023. (For Japan, the failure was the nation’s only launch of 2022.) India’s launch cadence recovered from a COVID-induced trough, but the nation saw its new small satellite launcher fail on its inaugural flight.
Results were better for a pair of other nations that don’t launch very often. South Korea not only launched the nation’s first domestically manufactured rocket but placed its first orbiter around the moon. Iran launched a small satellite after a pair of failures in 2021.
Launches by the Numbers
Europe, India, Japan, South Korea and Iran combined for a total of 13 launches, a mere 7% of the 186 launch attempts worldwide in 2022. Ten launches were successful and three failed.
Launches by Europe, India, South Korea, Iran and Japan
2022
| Launch Vehicle | Launching Party | Successes | Failures | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ariane 5 | Europe | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Vega-C | Europe | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| PSLV | India | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GSLV Mk III | India | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| SSLV | India | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nuri | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Qased | Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Epsilon | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 10 | 3 | 13 |
Europe, India and Japan Faced Launch Delays & Setbacks in 2022
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