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SpaceX conducted more than half of the launches last year ( 134 ), putting 2,390 spacecraft into orbit.
The next closest competitor was China , with 48 launches and 186 spacecraft.
Nearly 60 percent of all launches were conducted by US providers, commercial providers accounted for about 70 percent of launches.
Small satellites, primarily for communications, represented the majority of all spacecraft launched.
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