Top European Launch Companies of 2024

The European Spaceflight ranking of European launch companies is a subjective exercise.

The rankings are based solely on each company’s performance in 2024 , without factoring in their past achievements or future potential.

Avio successfully returned the Vega C rocket to operational flight and the inaugural flight of the Ariane 6 rocket.

Isar Aerospace is the closest to a maiden flight of a rocket capable of delivering payloads into orbit.

HyImpulse has stated that the inaugural flight of its SL1 rocket is expected to take place by the end of 2025 .

Bayern-Chemie (New) is the German aerospace agency DLR commissioned by DLR to develop a new solid-fuel rocket stage for use aboard sounding rockets.

Poland 's ukasiewicz Institute of Aviation made history on 3 July when its ILR-33 AMBER 2K rocket skimmed over the Kármán Line , reaching a maximum altitude of 101 kilometres .

Polaris Spaceplanes completed its first rocket-powered roll test of its MIRA demonstrator in February .

In October , the company announced it had secured additional funding, bringing its total funding to date to 7.1 million .