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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.

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

China's various new rockets are another example.

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)

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.

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

My point exactly.

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

<https://youtube.com/watch?v=4zRbWNtd05w>

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.

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