Sounds like a PR article written just in time to rescue spaceX. The way data was picked (only half a year, many one-off new players) makes it look like 5% failu

Sounds like a PR article written just in time to rescue spaceX. The way data was picked (only half a year, many one-off new players) makes it look like 5% failure rate across the industry is the norm : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ariane_launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ariane_launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlas_launches_%282010%E2%80%9319%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlas_launches_%282010... Some rockets can claim years or decades of service without losing a single satellite.