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Fifty US Commercial Space Launches Failed Since 2000, Resulting in 12% Loss - Report

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Fifty US commercial space launches in the private sector have failed since the beginning of the 21st century, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report.

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"Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data show that 50 commercial space launches from 2000 through mid-January 2023 resulted in ‘mishaps’ - the industry term for incidents such as catastrophic explosions and other failures," the report said on Thursday. That number represented about 12% of 433 launches during the period, the report said. The failures often came as a result of explosions or other catastrophic accidents, the report added, However, all the accidents, explosions and failures combined caused no fatalities, serious injuries or significant property damage to the public, according to the report.

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Fifty US Commercial Space Launches Failed Since 2000, Resulting in 12% Loss - Report

00:14 GMT 08.12.2023 (Updated: 00:19 GMT 08.12.2023)

© AP Photo / Aubrey GemignaniA SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it's composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket with the Psyche spacecraft onboard is launched from Launch Complex 39A, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. NASA's Psyche spacecraft will travel to a metal-rich asteroid by the same name orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter to study it's composition. The spacecraft also carries the agency's Deep Space Optical Communications technology demonstration, which will test laser communications beyond the Moon. - Sputnik International, 1920, 08.12.2023

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Fifty US commercial space launches in the private sector have failed since the beginning of the 21st century, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report.

That number represented about 12% of 433 launches during the period, the report said.

The failures often came as a result of explosions or other catastrophic accidents, the report added,

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However, all the accidents, explosions and failures combined caused no fatalities, serious injuries or significant property damage to the public, according to the report.