Successful or successful means achieving a desired result, or turning out as planned--
The experiment was successful; the results support our theory.
His third attempt to climb the wall was successful.
Successful may mean, in a general sense, prosperous or famous--
He became sucessful, but only after many years of hard work.
He was a successful playwright, famous all over the world.
Successive or successive means following in a regular course or sequence--
Successive failures discouaged him, and he nearly gave up.
After successive attempts, he made it to the top.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"After successive delays, the launch was successful."
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