Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
Start Date
28-4-1998 2:00 PM
Description
There were nearly 2000 launches of all types conducted worldwide between 1982 and 1994, including nearly 250 launched by the United States.1 Of the total number of launches between 1982 and 1994, 134 were commercial launches, defined as launch opportunities which were available in principle to competitors in the international launch services market.2 Most recently, during fiscal year 1996, there were eighty-five launches of all types conducted worldwide; the United States launched thirty-five of these.3 Of the total launches in 1996, twentyeight (or thirty-three percent) were commercial launch events, including eight launched by the United States. Approximately eighty-five percent of all commercial launches in 1996 were used to launch commercial communications satellites.4
Paper Session I-A - U.S. Commercial Space Launch Policy Implementation: Lessons Learned from 1986-1992
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel
There were nearly 2000 launches of all types conducted worldwide between 1982 and 1994, including nearly 250 launched by the United States.1 Of the total number of launches between 1982 and 1994, 134 were commercial launches, defined as launch opportunities which were available in principle to competitors in the international launch services market.2 Most recently, during fiscal year 1996, there were eighty-five launches of all types conducted worldwide; the United States launched thirty-five of these.3 Of the total launches in 1996, twentyeight (or thirty-three percent) were commercial launch events, including eight launched by the United States. Approximately eighty-five percent of all commercial launches in 1996 were used to launch commercial communications satellites.4
Comments
Session Chairman: Roy C. Tharpe, Manager, Launch Site Management Office, The Boeing Company
Session Organizer: Suzanne Cunningham