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SpaceX’s market share in the commercial space launch industry: What investors need to know
SpaceX completed about 161–171 commercial launches in 2025, maintaining an 82% market share driven by Starlink deployments and investor support.
- By 2025, SpaceX conducted 171 commercial launches and accounted for 82% of the U.S. commercial launch market, cementing its dominance.
- Driven by heavy Starlink deployment, total upmass to orbit more than quintupled from 2020 to 2025, reaching 3,020.5 tons as U.S. payloads represented 85% of the total.
- Yearly data show commercial launch counts rose from 25 in 2020 to 130 in 2024, compared with just 12 U.S. launches in all of 2014.
- Investors are eyeing space-industry growth as The Motley Fool says rising launches and upmass may attract investment, while United Launch Alliance, Rocket Lab, and Arianespace face pressure from SpaceX's market share.
- Global launch cadence shows a rocket launched roughly once every 30 hours in 2025, while Russian launch providers have slowed considerably since the start of the Ukraine war.
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