Space Security Index

Table 4.4: The 2010 space launch scorecard 35
Country Launch
vehicle
1 Russia Proton:
12 (1)*
2 U.S. Space
Shuttle: 3
3 China Long March
3C: 4
4 Europe Ariane-5
ECA: 6
5 India GSLV:
2 (2)*
Launch
vehicle
Soyuz-U/
FG: 10
Launch
vehicle
Launch
vehicle
Dnepr: 3 Kosmos-
3M: 1
Atlas 5: 4 Delta IV: 2 Falcon-
9: 2
Long March
4C: 2
Long March
2D: 3
Long March
3A: 3
Launch
vehicle
Launch
vehicle
Rockot: 2 Molniya-
M: 1
Minotaur
4: 2
Long March
3B: 1
Delta 2: 1 Delta IV
Heavy: 1
Long March
4B: 2
Launch
vehicle
Total Failed
Soyuz-2: 2 31 1
15 0
15 0
6 0
PSLV: 1 3 2
6 Japan H-IIA: 2 2 0
7 S. Korea KSLV 1: 1* 1 1
8 Israel Shavit: 1 1 0
Total 74 4
* failed missions
On 22 February, South African Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor announced
the plan to look into the possibility of reestablishing its own space rocket launching
capabilities. 36 Pandor acknowledged that launch facilities had been deactivated as part of
the country’s nuclear nonproliferation policy, but indicated that such capabilities need
not be used for weapons purposes, adding that South Africa took “space and technological
development very seriously.” 37
On 12 December, Brazil reported a successful suborbital launch of its VSB-30 VO4 rocket
from Alcantara space center with cargo and microgravity experiments payload. 38 e rocket
ew for about 18 minutes, reaching an altitude of approximately 242 km before descending
233 km o Brazil’s Atlantic coast. 39 e South American country reportedly is aiming to
become a top emerging economy with an indigenous space program. 40
Figure 4.5: Growth in the number of civil actors accessing space 41
● Independent launch
● First satellite
Civil Space Programs
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