100 Space Startups Shaping the New Space Economy Worldwide
SpaceX launched the first private orbital rocket in 2008 and landed a booster in 2015. Blue Origin flew its first crewed suborbital flight in July 2021 and launched New Glenn in January 2025. Rocket Lab reached orbit in 2018 with Electron, while Astra achieved orbit in 2021 and went public the same year at a $2.1 billion valuation.