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Reusable Falcon rockets and Starship

Atlas V, Delta and the new Vulcan Centaur

Electron small-sat launches and reusable Neutron

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

New Shepard suborbital and New Glenn orbital rockets

Japan's H3 flagship rocket prime contractor

German maker of the Spectrum small-lift rocket

Alpha rocket and Blue Ghost Moon lander

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

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

Kinetica solid and reusable launchers

First methane-fueled rocket to reach orbit

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