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Reusable Falcon rockets and Starship

Electron small-sat launches and reusable Neutron

Atlas V, Delta and the new Vulcan Centaur

World's first commercial launch provider; Ariane 6 and Vega C

German maker of the Spectrum small-lift rocket

Japan's H3 flagship rocket prime contractor

Alpha rocket and Blue Ghost Moon lander

New Shepard suborbital and New Glenn orbital rockets

3D-printed rockets and the reusable Terran R

Suborbital space tourism on SpaceShipTwo

Ceres-1 small launcher and reusable Pallas-1

Antares, Minotaur and Cygnus cargo missions

Kinetica solid and reusable launchers

First methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit

First Chinese private firm to reach orbit

Small launch and satellite propulsion

Scotland's Prime micro-launcher startup

German small-launcher building the RFA ONE rocket

Scottish builder of the Skyrora XL small-satellite rocket

Fully reusable Nova rocket

China's Tianlong liquid rockets, a Falcon 9 rival

Small-sat launch startup behind the RS1 rocket

India's first private rocket maker, building the Vikram series

3D-printed engines and the Agnibaan small-sat rocket

Japan's first private rocket to reach space

Spain's private launch company behind Miura rockets

Dream Chaser spaceplane and LIFE space habitat