"Elon Musk’s SpaceX Now Has a 'De Facto' Monopoly on Rocket Launches; The company’s rockets are ferrying astronauts, launching satellites and dominating any competition" - WSJ - SCW Newswatch
The Wall Street Journal reports on emerging SpaceX dominance of rocket launches.
"Satellite operators and government agencies doing business in space are increasingly dependent on ... Elon Musk’s SpaceX[] [which] has cornered much of the rocket-launch market, with a proven fleet of reusable rockets that can fly [readily] ... and at lower prices. [SpaceX] rockets[reportedly] powered 66% of [U.S.-based] customer flights ... in 2022 ...88% in the first six months of [2023] .... '... [T]he competition can’t field anything right now and that makes SpaceX a de facto monopoly,' said John Holst, a former Air Force space operations officer ...."
As a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian Soyuz rockets are not available to most customers.
Rival launch vehicles from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the United Launch Alliance, and French launch company Arianespace either have not flown yet or are being phased out for new models not yet available.
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