[Symmetry]

ULA is pretty remarkable for it's run of new rockets not blowing up. Looking at ESA, JAXA, RosCosmos, ISRO, etc too is how I'm setting the par. A history like the Ariane 5 is pretty typical where flights 1 and 14 failed.

[throw5959]

Wouldn't really consider that NewSpace. These are as old as space industry gets...

[Symmetry]

Yeah, 2 failures is par for OldSpace. NewSpace usually does much worse, though SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Rocket Lab's Electron managed to get the traditional par.

[dmix]

China's various new rockets are another example.

[dredmorbius]

What are you talking about? They'll launch of their own volition!

"Chinese rocket static-fire test results in unintended launch and huge explosion" (30 June 2024)

<https://spacenews.com/chinese-rocket-static-fire-test-result...>

<https://yewtu.be/watch?v=IlQkeKa4IKg> (Shakeycam video)

[sangnoir]

TBF: that wasn't an unsuccessful launch attempt, but a failure to not launch. Which affirms parent in that they seem to have work out all the kinks out during development.

[dredmorbius]

that wasn't an unsuccessful launch attempt, but a failure to not launch.

My point exactly.

[sangnoir]

The comment at the root of this thread was specifically addressing making it to orbit on first launch - which a bench test isn't.