OREANDA-NEWS. January 03, 2011. In 2010, Russia has made almost a half of all launches in the world this year - 31 launches of 74.

Next there come the USA and China with 15 launches each. ESA has made 6 launches, India- 3, South Korea- 1, Japan – 2, Israel -1. 4 launches in the world were unsuccessful.
Out of 31 Russia’s launches, 15 have been made by the rockets produced by Khrunichev Space Center, including 12 of heavy-lift Proton. That is 2 times more than for Proton’s rival Ariane-5.

Proton has also bet another record, with making 29 launches within 29 months.