Japan, India, Korea and the Rest
How are the other launching nations doing, and do they matter to the global market?
Chapter summary
Japan, India and South Korea maintain national launchers mainly for sovereignty and flew 3–7 launches each a year in 2023–2026, a fraction of the US and Chinese totals.
Key takeaways
- 1
Japan's H3 has succeeded seven times in nine flights but failed in December 2025; India's state rockets fly a handful of times a year while the country opens launch to private companies, and Skyroot reached orbit with the first Indian private rocket in July 2026; South Korea's Nuri flies about once a year.
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Russia, once the largest launcher, has been reduced to about 17 launches a year for its own payloads.
- 3
None of these countries is likely to change global prices before 2030, but each is a source of sovereign demand and of potential partners for Western companies.
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