Comparison of orbital launch systems

This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or in development as of 2023; a second list includes all upcoming rockets and a third list includes all retired rockets For the simple list of all conventional launcher families, see: Comparison of orbital launchers families. For the list of predominantly solid-fueled orbital launch systems, see: Comparison of solid-fueled orbital launch systems.

Soyuz-U, the most prolific orbital launch system in history

Spacecraft propulsion[note 1] is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites. Orbital launch systems are rockets and other systems capable of placing payloads into or beyond Earth orbit. All launch vehicle propulsion systems employed to date have been chemical rockets falling into one of three main categories:

  • Solid-propellant rockets or solid-fuel rockets have a motor that uses solid propellants, typically a mix of powdered fuel and oxidizer held together by a polymer binder and molded into the shape of a hollow cylinder. The cylinder is ignited from the inside and burns radially outward, with the resulting expanding gases and aerosols escaping out via the nozzle.[note 2]
  • Liquid-propellant rockets have a motor that feeds liquid propellant(s) into a combustion chamber. Most liquid engines use a bipropellant, consisting of two liquid propellants (fuel and oxidizer) which are stored and handled separately before being mixed and burned inside the combustion chamber.
  • Hybrid-propellant rockets use a combination of solid and liquid propellant, typically involving a liquid oxidizer being pumped through a hollow cylinder of solid fuel.

All current spacecraft use conventional chemical rockets (solid-fuel or liquid bipropellant) for launch, though some[note 3] have used air-breathing engines on their first stage.[note 4]

Current rockets

Orbits legend:

Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Maximum payload mass
(kg)
Reuse Orbital
launches
incl.
failures[lower-alpha 1]
Launch site(s) Dates of flight
LEO GTO Other First Latest
Firefly Alpha  United States Firefly Aerospace 29 m 1,000[1] 630 to SSO No 3 2021 2023
Angara A5  Russia Khrunichev 55.4 m 24,500 5,400 with Briz-M[2]
7,500 with KVTK
No 3[3] 2014 2021
Angara 1.2  Russia Khrunichev 42.7 m 3,500[2] 2,400 to SSO No 2[4] 2022 2022
Atlas V 551  United States ULA 58.3 m 18,500[5] 8,700 13,550 to SSO
3,960 to GEO
No 13[5] 2006 2021
Atlas V N22[lower-alpha 2]  United States ULA 52.4 m 13,000 No 2 2019[7] 2022
Ceres-1 (3)[lower-alpha 3]  China Galactic Energy 20 m 400[9] 300 to SSO[9] No 7 2022 2023
Ceres-1S[lower-alpha 4]  China Galactic Energy 20 m ~ 400 No 1
  • China Sea launch platform
2023 2023
Chollima-1  North Korea NADA 26.2 m > 300[10] No 2 2023 2023
Delta IV Heavy  United States ULA 72 m 28,790[11] 14,220 23,560 to polar
11,290 to TLI
8,000 to TMI
No 15[12] 2004 2023
Electron  United States
 New Zealand
Rocket Lab 18 m 300[13] 200 to SSO[13] Yes 40[14] 2017 2023
Epsilon  Japan IHI[15] 24.4 m 1,500[16] 590 to SSO No 6[17] 2013 2022
Falcon 9 Block 5  United States SpaceX 70 m 17,400-22,800 5,500-8,300 Yes 210 2018 2023
Falcon Heavy[18]  United States SpaceX 70 m 30,000[19]–63,800 8,000[20]–26,700 16,800 to TMI[21] Yes 8[22][23] 2018 2023
GSLV Mk II  India ISRO 49.1 m 5,000[24] 2,700[25][lower-alpha 5] No 9[26] 2010 2023
H-IIA 202  Japan Mitsubishi 53 m 8,000[27]:67 4,000[27]:48 5,100 to SSO[lower-alpha 6]
[27]:64–65
No 32[28] 2001 2023
H3-22S  Japan Mitsubishi 57 m [29] 3,500 No 1 2023 2023
Hyperbola-1 (2)[lower-alpha 7]  China i-Space 22.5 m 300[31] No 4 2021 2023
Jielong 1[32]  China CALT 19.5 m N/A 200 to SSO No 1[32] 2019 2019
Jielong 3  China CALT 31 m N/A 1,500 (500 km SSO) No 1[33]
  • China Sea launch platform
2022 2022
Kinetica 1  China CAS Space 30 m 2,000[34] 1,500[35] TO 500 km SSO No 2[36] 2022 2023
Kuaizhou 1A  China ExPace 19.8 m 200 250 to SSO No 24 2013[lower-alpha 8] 2023
Kuaizhou 11  China ExPace 25.3 m 1,500[38] 1,000 to SSO[39] No 2 2020 2022
Long March 2C  China CALT 42 m 3,850
1,250 with CTS2 2,000 to SSO with YZ-1S[40] No 71[41] 1982 2023
Long March 2D  China SAST 41.1 m 4,000 1,150 to SSO No 83[41] 1992 2023
Long March 2F  China CALT 62 m 8,600 No 21[41] 1999 2023
Long March 3A  China CALT 52.5 m 6,000[42] 2,600 5,000 to SSO No 27[43] 1994 2018
Long March 3B/E  China CALT 56.3 m 11,500[42] 5,500 6,900 to SSO No 79[43] 2007 2023
Long March 3C  China CALT 54.8 m 9,100[42] 3,800 6,500 to SSO No 18[43] 2008 2021
Long March 4B  China SAST 44.1 m 4,200[44] 1,500 2,800 to SSO No 48[44] 1999 2023
Long March 4C  China SAST 45.8 m 4,200[45] 1,500 2,800 to SSO No 53[44] 2006 2023
Long March 5  China CALT 56.9 m 25,000 14,000 [46] 15,000 to SSO[47]
9,400 to TLI[46]
6,000 to TMI[46]
No 5[47] 2016 2020
Long March 5B  China CALT 56.9 m 25,000[47] No 4[47] 2020[48] 2022
Long March 6  China SAST 29 m 1,500[49] 1,080 to SSO[50] No 11[51] 2015 2023
Long March 6A  China SAST 50 m Unknown 4,000 to SSO[52] No 3[51] 2022 2023
Long March 7  China CALT 53.1 m 13,500[53] 5,500 to SSO No 7[54] 2016[55] 2023
Long March 7A  China CALT 60.13 m N/A 5,500 to 7,000[48] No 5[54] 2020 2023
Long March 8  China CALT 50.34 m 8,400 2,800 5,000 to SSO No 2[56] 2020 2022
Long March 11  China CALT 20.8 m 700[57] 350 to SSO No 16[58] 2015 2023
LVM 3  India ISRO 43.4 m 10,000[59] 4,000 2,380 to TLI No 6[60] 2017[lower-alpha 9] 2023
Minotaur-C (Taurus-3210)[62]  United States Northrop Grumman 27.9 m 1,458[63] 1,054 to SSO[lower-alpha 10] No 2 2004 2017
Minotaur I  United States Northrop Grumman 19.2 m 580[64] No 12[65] 2000 2021
Minotaur IV  United States Northrop Grumman 23.9 m 1,735[66] No 5[67][lower-alpha 11] 2010 2020
Minotaur V  United States Northrop Grumman 24.6 m N/A 670[67] 465 to HCO No 1[67] 2013 2013
Nuri (KSLV-II)  South Korea KARI 47.2 m 3,300[68] 1,900 to SSO[69][70][68] No 3[70] 2021 2023
Pegasus XL  United States Northrop Grumman 16.9 m 544 No 35 1994 2021
Proton-M  Russia Khrunichev 58.2 m 23,000[71][72] 6,150 (M)
6,920 (M+)
No 115[73][74][75] 2001 2023
PSLV-CA  India ISRO 44.4 m 2,100[76] 1,100 to SSO No 17[76] 2007 2023
PSLV-DL  India ISRO 44.4 m N/A 750 to polar No 1[76] 2019 2021
PSLV-QL  India ISRO 44.4 m No 2[76] 2019 2019
PSLV-XL  India ISRO 44.4 m 3,800[76] 1,300 1,750 to SSO
550 to TMI[77]
No 25[76] 2008 2023
Qaem 100  Iran IRGC 15.5 m 80[78] No 1[lower-alpha 12] 2023 2023
Qased  Iran IRGC 18.8 m 40[79] No 3 2020 2023
RS1  United States ABL Space Systems 27 m 1,350[80] 400 1,000 to SSO
750 to MEO
No 1 2023[81] 2023
Shavit-2  Israel IAI 22.1 m 400 in Retrograde No 6 2007 2023
Simorgh  Iran Iranian Space Agency 26 m 350[82] No 2[82][lower-alpha 13] 2017 2021
Soyuz-2.1a  Russia TsSKB-Progress 46.3 m 7,020 from Baikonur[83] No 62[84][85][86] 2006[lower-alpha 14] 2023
Soyuz-2.1b  Russia TsSKB-Progress 46.3 m 8,200 from Baikonur[83] 2,400[87] No 65[85][88] 2006 2023
Soyuz-2-1v  Russia TsSKB-Progress 44 m 2,800[89] 1,400 to SSO No 10[89] 2013 2023
Starship[90]  United States SpaceX 121 m 150,000[91]-250,000 Yes 1 2023 2023
SLS Block 1  United States NASA / Boeing
Northrop Grumman
98 m 95,000[92] 27,000+ to TLI[93] No 1 2022[94] 2022
SSLV  India ISRO 34 m 500[95] 300 to SSO No 2[96] 2022 2023
Tianlong-2  China Space Pioneer 32.8 m 2,000[97] 1,500 to SSO No 1 2023 2023
Vega  Europe ESA / ASI 31 m 2,300[98] 1,330 to SSO[99] 1,500 to polar[100] No 21[101] 2012 2023
Vega-C  Europe ESA / ASI 36.2 m 3,300[102] 2,200 to SSO[102] No 2[103] 2022 2022
Zhuque-2  China LandSpace 49.5 m 6,000[104] 4,000 to SSO No 2 2022[105] 2023
  1. Suborbital flight tests and on-pad explosions are excluded, but launches failing en route to orbit are included.
  2. for Starliner[6]
  3. Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[8]
  4. Sea-launched version of the third unofficial iteration of the Ceres-1 launch vehicle.
  5. GTO payload with enhanced engines, as of GSLV version 2A[26]
  6. 5,100 kg to a 500-km Sun-synchronous orbit; 3,300 kg to 800 km[27]:64–65
  7. Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[30]
  8. A suborbital test flight was conducted in March 2012.[37]
  9. A suborbital test flight was conducted in 2014 (designated LVM-3/CARE) without the cryogenic upper stage (CUS).[61]
  10. Reference altitude 400 km
  11. Additionally, two suborbital missions were conducted in 2010 and 2011.[67]
  12. A suborbital test flight succeeded in 2022.
  13. A suborbital test flight succeeded in 2016; both orbital flights in 2017 and 2019 failed.[82]
  14. Suborbital test flight in 2004, without Fregat upper stage.[84]

Upcoming rockets

Upcoming launch vehicles

Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Payload mass to ... (kg) Reuse Launch Site (s) Date of first flight
LEO GTO Other
Antares 330  United States Northrop Grumman /

Firefly Aerospace[lower-alpha 1]

47 m 10,500 No 2025
Aurora Canada Canada Reaction Dynamics 18 m 150 No 2024
Daytona  United States Phantom Space 18.7 m 425 No 2023
Dauntless  United States Vaya Space 35 m 1,000 No
  • United States CCSFS,
  • United States Sea launch platform
2024
Laguna  United States Phantom Space 20.5 m 630-1,200 Yes TBA
MLV  United States Firefly Aerospace 55.7 m 16,000 No 2025[106]
Neutron  United States
 New Zealand
Rocket Lab 42.8 m 13,000-15,000 Yes 2024[107]
New Glenn  United States Blue Origin 98 m 45,000[108] 13,000 Yes 2024
Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV)  United States NASA /

Northrop Grumman / Lockheed Martin

2.3 m N/A 0.5 to LMO No 2030
Ravn X  United States aevum 24 m (drone)

9.8 m (rocket)

100 Yes 2024
Rocket 4  United States Astra 18.9 m 600 No 2024
Shockwave  United States iRocket 2,200 Yes TBD 2027
SLS Block 1B[lower-alpha 2]  United States NASA / Boeing
Northrop Grumman
111 m 105,000[109] 37,000 to TLI[110] No 2028
SLS Block 2[lower-alpha 3]  United States NASA / Boeing
Northrop Grumman
111 m 130,000[111] 45,000 to HCO[110] No 2033
Nova  United States Stoke Space 28.5 m 1,500 Yes TBA
Terran R  United States Relativity Space 82 m 23,500-33,500 5,500[112] Yes 2026[112]
Vector-R  United States Vector Launch 12 m 60 26 to SSO No TBA
Vulcan Centaur VC0  United States ULA 61.6 m 10,800 3,500 2,300 to TLI Yes 2020s
Vulcan Centaur VC2  United States ULA 61.6 m 19,000 8,400 2,600 to GEO
6,300 to TLI
Yes 2023[113]
Vulcan Centaur VC4  United States ULA 61.6 m 24,600 11,700 4,900 to GEO
9,200 to TLI
Yes 2020s
Vulcan Centaur VC6  United States ULA 61.6 m 27,200[114] 14,400[114] 6,500 to GEO
11,500 to TLI
Yes 2020s
Darwin II  China Rocket Pi 27.2 m 470 No TBD 2024
Gravity-1  China Orienspace 31.4 m 6,500 4,200 to SSO No
  • China Sea launch platform
2023
Gravity-2  China Orienspace 60 m 15,500 5,800 10,900 to SSO Yes TBA 2024
Hyperbola-2  China i-Space 35.2 m 2,000[31] Yes 2024[35]
Kinetica 1A  China CAS Space 42 m 8,000 No 2024
Kinetica 3  China CAS Space 53 m 6,100 Yes 2025
Long March 6C  China CALT 43 m 4,500 No 2023
Long March 9  China CALT 114 m 80,000-150,000[115] 66,000[116] 53,000 to TLI[115]
40,000 to TMI[117]
Yes 2033
Long March 10  China CALT 89-93.2 m 70,000 27,000 to TLI No 2027
Long March 10A  China CALT 67 m ~ 14,000 Yes >2027
Nebula-1  China Deep Blue Aerospace 1,000 Yes TBA 2024
OS-M2  China OneSpace 390[118] 292 to SSO No TBA
Pallas-1  China Galactic Energy 42 m 5,000 3,000 to SSO Yes 2024[119]
Space Chaser I  China Nayuta space 67.3 m 10,000 Yes TBD TBA
Tianlong-3  China Space Pioneer 71 m 17,000 Yes 2024
Ariane 6 A62  Europe ArianeGroup 63 m 10,350[120]:45 5,000[120]:33 6,450 to SSO
3,000 to HEO
3,000 to TLI [120]:40–49
No 2024[121]
Ariane 6 A64  Europe ArianeGroup 63 m 21,650[120]:46 11,500+ [120]:33 14,900 to SSO
5,000 to GEO
8,400 to HEO
8,500 to TLI [120]:40–49
No 2024[121]
Cyclone-4M  Ukraine Yuzhnoye
Yuzhmash
38.7 m 5,000[122] 1,000[123] 3,350 to SSO[122] No 2025[124]
Hera II  United Kingdom Astraius, Northrop Grumman,

Exquadrum[125]

~26 m 800 No 2024
Maia France France MaiaSpace 23.5 m 500 Yes 2025
Miura 5  Spain PLD Space 29.4 m 840 450 to SSO Yes 2024[126]
Prime  United Kingdom Orbex 19 m 220[127] 150 to SSO[lower-alpha 4][128] No 2023[129]
RFA One  Germany RFA 30 m 1,600[130] 450[130] No 2024[131]
ŞİMŞEK-1 Turkey Turkey Roketsan TBA 400 No 2027
Skyrora XL  United Kingdom Skyrora 22.7 m 335[132] 315 to SSO[132] No 2024
SL1  Germany HyImpulse 27 m 500 No 2025
Spectrum  Germany Isar Aerospace 28 m 1,000[133] 700 to SSO[133] No 2023[134]
Vega-E  Europe ESA / ASI 36.2 m 3,000[135] No 2026
Zephyr France France Latitude 17 m 72 No 2026
Amur (Soyuz-7)  Russia JSC SRC Progress 55 m 10,500-13,600[136] 2,600 4,700 to SSO Yes 2028-2030
Angara A5M  Russia Khrunichev 55.4 m 26,800 4,100-5,200 No 2025
Angara A5P  Russia Khrunichev TBA 18,800 N/A No 2025
Angara A5V  Russia Khrunichev 70 m 37,500 8,000 Yes TBD 2027
Cosmos  Russia SR space 18.5 m 100 Yes TBD
Rokot-M  Russia Khrunichev TBA 1,950 No 2024
Irtysh (Soyuz-5)  Russia TsSKB-Progress
RSC Energia
61.87 m 18,000[137] 2,500 to GEO No 2025[138]
Stalker  Russia SR space 32.8 m 950 No 2024
Volga (Soyuz-6)  Russia TsSKB-Progress TBA 9,300 2,300 5,500 No 2025
Yenisei[139]  Russia TsSKB-Progress
RSC Energia
~80 m 88,000 – 115,000[140] 27,000 to TLI[141][142][143] Yes 2030s
Agnibaan  India AgniKul Cosmos 18 m 100 No 2023[144]
NGLV  India ISRO TBA 20,000 10,000 No TBA
Vikram 1[145]  India Skyroot Aerospace[146] 20 m 315 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO 200 to 500 km SSPO No 2023[147]
Vikram 2[145]  India Skyroot Aerospace TBA 520 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO 410 to 500 km SSPO No TBA
Vikram 3[145]  India Skyroot Aerospace TBA 720 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO 580 to 500 km SSPO No TBA


Blue Whale 1  South Korea Perigee Aerospace 21 m 150-220 170 to SSO Yes 2024
Epsilon S Japan Japan JAXA 27 m 1,400 600 to SSO No 2023
Hanbit-Nano South Korea South Korea Innospace 17 m 50 No 2024
H3-30S  Japan Mitsubishi 57 m [29] 4,000 to SSO No 2020s
H3-22L  Japan Mitsubishi 63 m [29] No 2020s
H3-24L  Japan Mitsubishi 63 m ~15,000 6,500 No 2020s
Kairos  Japan Space One 18 m 250 No
  • Japan Space Port Kii
2024
KSLV-III South Korea South Korea KARI TBD 10,000 No 2030
Siraya Taiwan Taiwan TASA 25 m 200 No TBD TBA
Solid fueled launch vehicle South Korea South Korea MND TBA TBA No
  • South Korea Sea launch platform
2020s
Volans V500 Singapore Singapore Equatorial Space Systems TBA 150 Yes
  • Singapore Sea launch platform
2024
Zero  Japan Interstellar Technologies 25 m 150 100 to SSO[lower-alpha 4][148] No 2025
Aventura 1 Argentina Argentina TLON Space 10 m 25 Yes TBA 2024
Tronador II-250 Argentina Argentina CONAE 27 m 500 No 2030
VLM Brazil Brazil IAE 19.6 m 150 No 2025
Eris B1  Australia Gilmour Space Technologies 25 m 305[149] No 2023[150]
Eris B2  Australia Gilmour Space Technologies TBA 650 450 to SSO No 2020s
Zuljanah  Iran Iranian Space Agency 25.5 m 220[151] No 2021
  1. provides the first stage, including engines
  2. with EUS
  3. with EUS and
    advanced boosters
  4. Reference altitude 500 km

Retired rockets

Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Mass to ... (kg) Reuse Launches
(+ suborbital)
Launch Site (s) Date of flight
LEO GTO Other First Last
Antares 110–130  United States Orbital 40.5-41.9 m 5,100[152] 1,500 to SSO No 5[152] 2013 2014
Antares 230 / 230+  United States Northrop Grumman 42.5 m 8,200[152] 3,000 to SSO[lower-alpha 1] No 13 2016 2023
Ariane 1  Europe Aérospatiale 49.1 m 1,830[153] No 11[153] 1979 1986
Ariane 2  Europe Aérospatiale 49.1 m 2,270[153] No 6[153] 1986 1989
Ariane 3  Europe Aérospatiale 49.1 m 2,650[153] No 11[153] 1984 1989
Ariane 4 40  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 4,600[153] 2,105 2,740 to SSO No 7[153] 1990 1999
Ariane 4 42L  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 7,000[153] 3,480 4,500 to SSO No 13[153] 1993 2002
Ariane 4 42P  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 6,000[153] 2,930 3,400 to SSO No 15[153] 1990 2002
Ariane 4 44L  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 7,000[153] 4,720 6,000 to SSO No 40[153] 1989 2003
Ariane 4 44LP  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 7,000[153] 4,220 5,000 to SSO No 26[153] 1988 2001
Ariane 4 44P  Europe Aérospatiale 58.7 m 6,500[153] 3,465 4,100 to SSO No 15[153] 1991 2001
Ariane 5 G  Europe EADS Astrium 47.5 m 18,000[154] 6,900[154] No 16[154] 1996 2003
Ariane 5 G+  Europe EADS Astrium 48 m 7,100[154] No 3[154] 2004 2004
Ariane 5 GS  Europe EADS Astrium 48 m 16,000[155] 6,600[154] No 6[154] 2005 2009[156]
Ariane 5 ES  Europe EADS Astrium 50.7 m 21,000[157] 8,000[154] No 8[154] 2008 2018
Ariane 5 ECA  Europe EADS Astrium 52.6 m 21,000[157] 11,210[158] No 84 2002 2023
ASLV  India ISRO[159] 23.5 m 150[160] No 4[160] 1987 1994
Athena I (LLV-1)  United States Lockheed Martin 18.4 m 500 No 1 1995 1995
Athena I  United States Lockheed Martin 18.9 m 795[161] 515 No 3 1997 2001
Athena II  United States Lockheed Martin 28.2 m 1,800[162] No 3[163] 1998 1999[164]
Atlas-Able  United States General Dynamics 28 m ~175 to TLI No 3 1959 1960
Atlas-Agena  United States Convair/General Dynamics 36 m 1,000 390 to TLI No 109 1960 1978
Atlas-Centaur  United States Lockheed 36.2-38.8 m 1,134[165] 2,222[166] No 148 1962 1983
Atlas B  United States Lockheed Martin 24.9 m ~4,000 No 10 1958 1959
Atlas-D OV1  United States Convair/General Dynamics 25.9 m 1,400 No 7 1965 1967
Atlas E/F-Agena  United States Convair/General Dynamics/Lockheed 34 m 1,000 390 to TLI No 1 1978 1978
Atlas E/F-Altair-3A  United States Convair/General Dynamics 27.3 m 210 No 1 1990 1990
Atlas E/F-Burner-2  United States Convair/General Dynamics 28.9 m 950 No 1 1972 1972
Atlas E/F-MSD  United States Convair/General Dynamics 27.3 m 800 No 4 1976 1980
Atlas E/F-OIS  United States Convair/General Dynamics 28.7 m 870 No 2 1979 1985
Atlas E/F-OV1  United States Convair/General Dynamics 26.5 m 363 No 4 1968 1971
Atlas E/F-PTS  United States Convair/General Dynamics 26.5 m 295 No 1 1974 1974
Atlas E/F-SGS-1  United States Convair/General Dynamics 29 m 450 No 8 1977 1981
Atlas E/F-SGS-2  United States Convair/General Dynamics 29 m 770 No 4 1983 1985
Atlas E/F-Star-17A  United States Convair/General Dynamics 27.4 m N/A 800 to MPEO No 1 1975 1975
Atlas E/F-Star-37S  United States Convair/General Dynamics 29 m N/A 1,100 to SSO No 19 1978 1995
Atlas-F Agena-D  United States Convair/General Dynamics 34 m N/A 2,300 to Polar No 1 1978 1978
Atlas G  United States Lockheed 43.9 m 5,900[167] 2,222 1,179 to HCO[167] No 7[167] 1984 1989
Atlas H MSD  United States Lockheed 27 m 3,630[168] No 5 1983 1987
Atlas LV-3B  United States Convair 28.7 m 1,360 No 9 1960 1963
Atlas SLV-3  United States Convair 33.3 m No 63 1966 1983
Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2  United States Convair 30.3 m ~1,000 No 1 1968 1968
Atlas I  United States Lockheed Martin 43.9 m 5,900[167] 2,340[167] No 11[167] United States CCSFS 1990 1997
Atlas II  United States Lockheed Martin 47.5 m 6,780[167] 2,810 2,000 to HCO[167] No 10[167] 1991 1998
Atlas IIA  United States Lockheed Martin 47.5 m 7,316[167] 3,180 2,160 to HCO[167] No 23[167] 1992 2002
Atlas IIAS  United States Lockheed Martin 49 m 8,618[167] 3,833 2,680 to HCO[167] No 30[167] 1993 2004
Atlas IIIA  United States Lockheed Martin 52.5 m 8,686[167] 4,060 2,970 to HCO[167] No 2[167] United States CCSFS 2000 2004
Atlas IIIB/DEC  United States Lockheed Martin 53.7 m 10,759[167] 4,609[167] No 1[167] United States CCSFS 2002 2002
Atlas IIIB/SEC  United States Lockheed Martin 54.7 m 10,218[169] 4,193[167] No 3[167] United States CCSFS 2003 2005
Atlas V 401  United States ULA 57.3 m 9,050[5] 4,950 6,670 to SSO No 41[5] 2002 2022
Atlas V 411  United States ULA 58.2 m 9,050[5] 6,075 8,495 to SSO No 6[5] 2006 2020
Atlas V 421  United States ULA 59.1 m 9,050[5] 7,000 9,050 to SSO No 9[5] 2007 2022
Atlas V 431  United States ULA 59.1 m 9,050[5] 7,800 9,050 to SSO No 3[5] 2005 2016
Atlas V 501  United States ULA 62.5 m 8,250[5] 3,970 5,945 to SSO
1,500 to GEO
No 8[5] 2010 2023
Atlas V 511  United States ULA 62.5 m 11,000[5] 5,250 7,820 to SSO
1,750 to GEO
No 1[170] 2022 2022
Atlas V 521  United States ULA 59.7 m 13,300[5] 6,485 9,585 to SSO
2,760 to GEO
No 2[5] 2003 2004
Atlas V 531  United States ULA 59.7 m 15,300[5] 7,425 11,160 to SSO
3,250 to GEO
No 5[5] 2010 2022
Atlas V 541  United States ULA 59.7 m 17,100[5] 8,240 12,435 to SSO
3,730 to GEO
No 9[5] 2011 2022
Black Arrow  United Kingdom RAE 13 m 73[171] No 2 (+2) Australia WRC 1969[lower-alpha 2] 1971
Blue Scout II  United States Vought 24 m 30 No 3 United States CCSFS 1961 1961
Ceres-1 (1)[lower-alpha 3]  China Galactic Energy 18.5 m 350 No 1 China JSLC 2020 2020
Ceres-1 (2)[lower-alpha 3]  China Galactic Energy 19.5 m 400 No 1 China JSLC 2021 2021
Commercial Titan III  United States Martin Marietta 47.3 m 13,100[172] No 4 United States CCSFS 1990 1992
Conestoga 1620  United States Space Services 15.2 m 1179 No 1 United States MARS 1995 1995
Delta 0300  United States McDonnell Douglas 34 m 340[173] 747 to SSO[174] No 3[175] 1972 1973[176]
Delta 0900  United States McDonnell Douglas 34 m 1,300[177] 818 to SSO[175] No 2[175] 1972 1972
Delta 1410  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 340[178] No 1[175] 1975 1975
Delta 1604  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 390[179] No 2[175] United States CCSFS 1972 1973
Delta 1900  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 1,800[175] No 1[175] 1973 1973
Delta 1910  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 1,066[180] No 1[175] United States CCSFS 1975 1975
Delta 1913  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 328[181] No 1[175] United States CCSFS 1973 1973
Delta 1914  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 680[182] No 2[175] United States CCSFS 1972 1973
Delta 2310  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 336[183] No 3[175] 1974 1981
Delta 2313  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 243 to GEO[184] No 3[175] 1974 1977
Delta 2910  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 1,887[175] No 6[175] 1975 1978
Delta 2913  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 2,000[185] 700[185] No 6[175] 1975 1976
Delta 2914  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 724[175] No 30[175] 1974 1979
Delta 3910  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 2,494[175] 1,154 with PAM-D No 10[175] 1980 1988
Delta 3913  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 816[186] No 1[175] United StatesVAFB, United States CCSFS 1981 1981
Delta 3914  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 954[175] No 13[175] 1975 1987
Delta 3920  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 3,452[175] 1,284 with PAM-D No 10[175] 1982 1989
Delta 3924  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 1,104[175] No 4[175] 1982 1984
Delta 4925  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 3,400[187] 1,312[175] No 2[175] 1989 1990
Delta 5920  United States McDonnell Douglas 35.2 m 3,848[188] No 1[175] United StatesVAFB 1989 1989
Delta II 6920  United States McDonnell Douglas 38.8 m 3,983[175] No 3[175] 1990 1992
Delta II 6925  United States McDonnell Douglas 39.4 m 1,447 1,447[175] No 14[175] 1989 1992
Delta II 7320  United States Boeing IDS / ULA 38.9 m 2,865[175] 1,651 to SSO No 12[175] 1999 2015
Delta II 7326  United States Boeing IDS 38.4 m 934[175] 636 to TLI
629 to HCO
No 3[175] 1998 2001
Delta II 7420  United States ULA 39 m 3,185[175] 1,966 to SSO No 14[175] 1998 2018
Delta II 7425  United States Boeing IDS 39 m 1,100[175] 804 to HCO No 4[175] 1998 2002
Delta II 7426  United States Boeing IDS 39 m 1,058[175] 734 to TLI
711 to HCO
No 1[175] 1999 1999
Delta II 7920  United States Boeing IDS / ULA 39.4 m 5,030[175] 3,123 to SSO No 29[175] 1998 2017
Delta II 7925  United States Boeing IDS / ULA 39.4 m 1,819[175] 1,177 to TLI
1,265 to HCO
No 69[175] 1990 2009
Delta II-H 7920H  United States Boeing IDS / ULA 39 m 6,097[175] No 3[175] 2003 2011
Delta II-H 7925H  United States Boeing IDS / ULA 39.8 m 2,171 1,508 to HCO[175] No 3[175] 2003 2007
Delta III 8930  United States Boeing IDS 39 m 8,292[175] 3,810 No 3[175] United States CCSFS 1998 2000
Delta IV M  United States Boeing IDS 61.3 m 9,440[11] 4,440 7,690 to polar No 3[12] 2003 2006
Delta IV M+(4,2)  United States ULA 61.3 m 13,140[11] 6,390 10,250 to polar No 14[12] 2002 2019
Delta IV M+(5,2)  United States ULA 65.5 m 11,470[11] 5,490 9,600 to polar No 3[12] 2012 2018
Delta IV M+(5,4)  United States ULA 65.5 m 14,140[11] 7,300 11,600 to polar No 8[12] 2009 2019
Diamant A  France SEREB 18.9 m 80 No 4 Algeria CIEES 1965 1967
Diamant B  France SEREB 23.5 m 115 No 5 France CSG 1970 1973
Diamant BP4  France SEREB 21.6 m 153 No 3 France CSG 1975 1975
Dnepr  Ukraine Yuzhmash 34.3 m 3,700[189] No 22[189] KazakhstanBaikonur,Russia Yasny 1999 2015[190]
Energia[lower-alpha 4]  Soviet Union NPO Energia 58.8 m 105,000 20,000 to GEO[191]
32,000 to TLI[191]
No 1 (failed to orbit)[192] Soviet Union Baikonur 1987 1987
Energia-Buran  Soviet Union NPO Energia (Launcher)
NPO Molniya (Orbiter)
58.8 m 30,000[191][lower-alpha 5] Yes 1 Soviet Union Baikonur 1988 1988
Europa I  Europe ELDO 31.7 m 1,440 200 No 3 Australia WRC 1968 1970
Europa II  Europe ELDO 31.7 m 360 No 1 France CSG 1971 1971
Falcon 1  United States SpaceX 21 m 470[193] No 5[193] United States Omelek 2006 2009
Falcon 9 v1.0  United States SpaceX 47.8 m 9,000 3,400 No 5 2010 2013
Falcon 9 v1.1  United States SpaceX 68.4 m 13,150[194][lower-alpha 6] 4,850[194] No 15[195] 2013 2016
Falcon 9 Full Thrust  United States SpaceX 70 m 17,400-22,800[20] 5,500-8,300[20] 9,600 to polar[196] Yes 223 United StatesVAFB, United States CCSFS, United States KSC 2015 2022
Feng Bao 1  China Shanghai Bureau No.2 33 m 2,500[197] No 8 (+3)[198] China JSLC 1972 1981
GSLV Mk.I(a)  India ISRO 49.1 m 5,000[24] 1,540[199] No 1[199] India SDSC 2001 2001
GSLV Mk.I(b)  India ISRO 49.1 m 5,000[24] 2,150[199] No 4[199] India SDSC 2003 2007
GSLV Mk.I(c)  India ISRO 49.1 m 5,000[24] No 1[199] India SDSC 2010 2010
H-I  Japan
 United States
Mitsubishi 42 m 1,400[200] No 9 Japan TNSC 1986 1992
H-II / IIS  Japan Mitsubishi 49 m 10,060[201] 4,000[202] No 7[202] Japan TNSC 1994 1999
H-IIA 204  Japan Mitsubishi 53 m 15,000 5,950[27]:48 No 5[28] Japan TNSC 2006 2021
H-IIA 2022  Japan Mitsubishi 53 m 4,500[28] No 3[28] Japan TNSC 2005 2007
H-IIA 2024  Japan Mitsubishi 57 m 11,000[203] 5,000[28] No 7[28] Japan TNSC 2002 2008
H-IIB  Japan Mitsubishi 56.6 m 16,500 (ISS)[204] 8,000 No 8[205] Japan TNSC 2009 2020
Hyperbola-1 (1)[lower-alpha 7]  China i-Space 20.9 m 260 No 1 China JSLC 2019 2019
Juno I  United States Chrysler 21.2 m 11 No 1 United States CCSFS 1958 1959
Juno II  United States Chrysler 24 m 41 6 to TLI No 10 United States CCSFS 1958 1961
Kaituozhe-1  China CALT 13.6 m 40 No 2 China JSLC 2002 2003
Kaituozhe-2  China CASC 16.8 m 800[206] No 1[206] China JSLC 2017 2017
Kosmos  Soviet Union NPO Polyot 29.6 m 350 No 38 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar 1961 1967
Kosmos-1  Soviet Union NPO Polyot 26.3 m 1,400 No 8 Soviet Union Baikonur 1964 1965
Kosmos-2  Soviet Union NPO Polyot 31 m 300 No 127 Soviet Union Kapustin Yar, Soviet Union Plesetsk 1965 1977
Kosmos-3  Soviet Union NPO Polyot 32.4 m 1,400 No 6 Soviet Union Baikonur 1966 1968
Kosmos-3M  Soviet Union
 Russia
NPO Polyot 32.4 m 1,500[207] No 445 Russia Kapustin Yar, Russia Plesetsk 1967 2010
Kosmos-3MRB  Soviet Union NPO Polyot 32.4 m 1,500 No 10 Russia Kapustin Yar 1980 1988
Lambda 4S  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 16.5 m 26[209] No 5 Japan KSC 1966 1970
LauncherOne  United States Virgin Orbit 21.3 m 500 300 to SSO No 6 United States Mojave,

United Kingdom Newquay

2020 2023
Long March 1  China CALT 29.9 m 300[210] No 2[211] China JSLC 1970 1971
Long March 1D  China CALT 28.2 m 740[212] No 0 (+3)[211] China TSLC 1995[lower-alpha 8] 2002
Long March 2A  China CALT 32 m 2,000[213] No 4[41] China JSLC 1974 1978
Long March 2E  China CALT 49.7 m 9,200[41] No 7[41] China XSLC 1990 1995
Long March 3  China CALT 43.3 m 5,000[43] No 13[43] China XSLC 1984 2000
Long March 3B  China CALT 54.8 m 11,200[42] 5,100 5,700 to SSO No 12[43] China XSLC 1996 2012
Long March 4A  China CALT 41.9 m 4,000 No 2[44] China TSLC 1988 1990
M-V  Japan Nissan Motors[208] (1997–2000)
IHI Aerospace[15] (2000–2006)
30.8 m 1,850[209] No 7 Japan KSC 1997 2006
Molniya  Soviet Union RSC Energia 43.4 m 1,800[214] No 40[215] Soviet Union Baikonur, Soviet Union Plesetsk 1960 1967
Molniya-M  Soviet Union
 Russia
RSC Energia 43.4 m 2,400[216] No 280[217] Kazakhstan Baikonur, Russia Plesetsk 1965 2010
Mu-4S  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 23.6 m 180[209] No 4 Japan KSC 1971 1972
Mu-3C  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 20.2 m 195[209] No 4 Japan KSC 1974 1979
Mu-3H  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 23.8 m 300[209] No 3 Japan KSC 1977 1978
Mu-3S  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 23.8 m 300[209] No 4 Japan KSC 1980 1984
Mu-3SII  Japan Nissan Motors[208] 27.8 m 770[209] No 8 Japan KSC 1985 1995
N1  Soviet Union NPO Energia 105.3 m 95,000[218][219][220][lower-alpha 9] No 4[221] (never reached orbit) Soviet Union Baikonur 1969 1972
N-I  Japan
 United States
Mitsubishi 34 m 1,200[222] No 7 Japan TNSC 1975 1982
N-II  Japan
 United States
Mitsubishi 35 m 2,000[223] No 8 Japan TNSC 1981 1987
Naro-1  South Korea
 Russia
KARI/Khrunichev 33 m 100[224] No 3 South Korea Naro 2009 2013
OS-M1  China OneSpace 19 m 205[118] 143 to SSO No 1 2019[225][lower-alpha 10] 2019
Paektusan-1  North Korea KCST 25.8 m 20 No 1 North Korea Tonghae 1998 1998
Pegasus  United States Northrop Grumman 15.4 m 455 No 6 United States Edwards, United States CCSFS 1990 1994
Pegasus H  United States Northrop Grumman 15.4 m 544 No 4 United StatesVAFB, United States CCSFS,Marshall Islands Kwajalein Atoll 1995 2000
Pilot II  United States United States Navy 4.4 m N/A 1.05 to MEO No 10 United States Point Mugu 1958 1958
Polyot  Soviet Union RSC Energia 30 m 1,400 No 2 Soviet Union Baikonur 1963 1964
Proton (UR-500)  Soviet Union Khrunichev 39.8 m 12,200 No 4 Soviet Union Baikonur 1965 1966
Proton-K  Soviet Union
 Russia
Khrunichev 50 m 19,760[227] 4,930[228] No 311[229] KazakhstanBaikonur 1965 2012
PSLV-G  India ISRO 44 m 3,200[76] 1,050 1,600 to SSO No 12[76] India SDSC 1993 2016[230]
Rocket 3.0  United States Astra 11.6 m 100 No 1 United States KLC 2020 2020
Rocket 3.1  United States Astra 11.6 m 100 No 1 United States KLC 2020 2020
Rocket 3.2  United States Astra 11.6 m 100 No 1 United States KLC 2020 2020
Rocket 3.3  United States Astra 13.1 m 100[231] 150 to SSO No 5 United States CCSFS,

United States KLC

2021 2022
Rokot-K  Russia Khrunichev 25.5 m No 4 Kazakhstan Baikonur, Russia Plesetsk 1990 1999
Rokot-KM  Russia Khrunichev 29.1 m 1,950[232] 1,200 to SSO No 31 Russia Plesetsk 2000 2019
Safir-1  Iran Iranian Space Agency 22.6 m 27 No 2 Iran Semnan 2008 2009
Safir-1A  Iran Iranian Space Agency 22.6 m 15 No 1 Iran Semnan 2011 2011
Safir-1B  Iran Iranian Space Agency 22.6 m 50 No 1 Iran Semnan 2012 2012
Safir-1B+  Iran Iranian Space Agency 22.6 m 52 No 5 Iran Semnan 2012 2019
Saturn I  United States Chrysler (S-I)
Douglas (S-IV)
50-57.4 m 9,000[233] No 10[234] United States CCSFS 1961 1965[234]
Saturn IB  United States Chrysler (S-IB)
Douglas (S-IVB)
56.1-68.1 m 18,600[235] No 9[236] United States CCSFS, United States KSC 1966 1975
Saturn V  United States Boeing (S-IC)
North American (S-II)
Douglas (S-IVB)
110.6 m 140,000[237][238] 47,000 to TLI[239] No 13[240][241][lower-alpha 11] United States KSC 1967 1973
Scout X-1  United States Vought 21.8 m 59 No 4 United States MARS 1960 1961
Scout X-2  United States Vought 21.8 m 76 No 1 United StatesVAFB, United States MARS 1962 1962
Scout X-2M  United States Vought 21.8 m 76 No 3 United StatesVAFB 1962 1963
Scout X-2B  United States Vought 21.8 m 76 No 1 United StatesVAFB 1963 1963
Scout X-3  United States Vought 21.8 m 87 No 5 United StatesVAFB, United States MARS 1962 1964
Scout X-3M  United States Vought 21.8 m 87 No 1 United StatesVAFB 1963 1963
Scout X-4  United States Vought 22.8 m 103 No 11 United StatesVAFB, United States MARS 1963 1965
Scout A  United States NASA 22.8 m 110 No 11 United StatesVAFB 1965 1970
Scout A-1  United States NASA 22.8 m 122 No 1 United StatesVAFB 1973 1973
Scout B  United States NASA 22.8 m 110 No 20 Kenya BSC,

United StatesVAFB, United States MARS

1965 1971
Scout B-1  United States NASA 22.8 m 143 No 5 Kenya BSC,

United StatesVAFB, United States MARS

1971 1976
Scout D-1  United States NASA 22.9 m 182 No 14 Kenya BSC,

United StatesVAFB, United States MARS

1972 1979
Scout E-1  United States NASA 22.8 m 193 No 1 United StatesVAFB 1974 1974
Scout F-1  United States NASA 22.9 m 192 No 2 Kenya BSC,

United StatesVAFB

1975 1975
Scout G-1  United States NASA 22.9 m 208 No 18 Kenya BSC,

United StatesVAFB, United States MARS

1979 1994
Shavit Israel Israel IAI 17.7 m 160 No 2 Israel Palmachim 1988 1990
Shavit-1 Israel Israel IAI 19.7 m 225 No 4 Israel Palmachim 1995 2004
Shtil-1  Russia Makeyev 14.8 m 280–420[242] No 2[243] Russia Barents Sea 1998 2006
SLV  India ISRO 22 m 40[244] No 4[244] India SDSC 1979 1983[244]
Soyuz  Soviet Union RSC Energia 45.6 m 6,450 No 31[245] Soviet Union Baikonur 1966 1976
Soyuz-FG  Russia TsSKB-Progress 49.5 m 6,900[246] No 70[85][247] KazakhstanBaikonur 2001 2019
Soyuz-L  Soviet Union RSC Energia 50 m 5,500 No 3[248] Soviet Union Baikonur 1970 1971
Soyuz-M  Soviet Union RSC Energia 50 m 6,600 No 8[249] Soviet Union Plesetsk 1971 1976
Soyuz ST-A  Russia
 Europe
TsSKB-Progress
Arianespace
46.3 m 7,800 from Kourou[250] 2,810 with Fregat[251] No 9[85] France CSG 2011 2021
Soyuz ST-B  Russia
 Europe
TsSKB-Progress
Arianespace
46.3 m 9,000 from Kourou[252] 3,250 with Fregat[251] 4,400 to SSO[253] No 18[85] France CSG 2011 2022
Soyuz-U  Soviet Union
 Russia
TsSKB-Progress 51.1 m 6,650 from Baikonour[254]
6,150 from Plesetsk[254]
No 786[85][86][255] Kazakhstan Baikonur, Russia Plesetsk 1973 2017
Soyuz-U2  Soviet Union
 Russia
TsSKB-Progress 34.5 m 7,050 No 72[256] KazakhstanBaikonur 1982 1995
Space Shuttle  United States ATK (SRBs)
Martin Marietta (External tank)
Rockwell (Orbiter)
56.1 m 24,400[lower-alpha 5]
3,550 to escape with IUS[257] Yes 135[259] United States KSC 1981 2011
SPARK  United States UHAerojet RocketdyneSandia 17 m 300 No 1 United States Barking Sands 2015 2015
Sparta  United States ABMA/Chrysler 21.8 m 45 No 10 Australia WRC 1966 1967
Sputnik 8K71PS  Soviet Union RSC Energia 30 m 500[260] No 2 Soviet Union Baikonur 1957 1957
Sputnik 8A91  Soviet Union RSC Energia 31.1 m 1,327 No 2 Soviet Union Baikonur 1958 1958
SS-520  Japan IHI Aerospace 9.5 m 4[261] No 2[262] Japan KSC 2017[263][lower-alpha 12] 2018
Start-1  Russia MITT 22.7 m 532 250 to SSO No 5[264] Russia Svobodny, Russia Plesetsk 1993 2006
Start-1.2  Russia MITT 22.7 m 250-300 to SSO No 1 Russia Svobodny 1997 1997
Start  Russia MITT 28.9 m 300 to SSO No 1 Russia Plesetsk 1995 1995
Strela  Russia Khrunichev 24-

27.4 m

1,400[265] No 3[266] KazakhstanBaikonur 2003 2014
Taurus-1110  United States Orbital

Sciences, Orbital ATK

28.2 m 1180 370 750 to SSO No 3 United StatesVAFB 1994 2000
Taurus-2110  United States Orbital

Sciences, Orbital ATK

29.1 m 1250 375 900 to SSO No 2 United StatesVAFB 1999 2001
Taurus-2210  United States Orbital

Sciences, Orbital ATK

30.9 m 1050 700 to SSO No 1 United StatesVAFB 1998 1998
Taurus-3110  United States Orbital

Sciences, Orbital ATK

30.1 m 1450 445 1,050 to SSO No 2 United StatesVAFB 2009 2011
Terran 1  United States Relativity Space 35.2 m 1,250[267] 900 to SSO No 1 United States CCSFS 2023 2023
Titan II GLV  United States Martin Marietta 33 m 3,600[268] No 11 (+1) United States CCSFS 1964 1966
Titan II(23)G  United States Martin Marietta 31.4 m 3,600[269] No 13 United StatesVAFB 1988 2003
Titan IIIA  United States Martin Marietta 38.5 m 3,500 No 4 United States CCSFS 1964 1965
Titan IIIB  United States Martin Marietta 42 m 3,300 No 22 United StatesVAFB 1966 1969
Titan III(23)B  United States Martin Marietta 42 m 3,350 No 9 United StatesVAFB 1969 1971
Titan III(33)B  United States Martin Marietta 42 m N/A 4,500 No 3 United StatesVAFB 1971 1973
Titan III(24)B  United States Martin Marietta 44 m 4,500 No 23 United StatesVAFB 1971 1984
Titan III(34)B  United States Martin Marietta 45.3 m N/A No 11 United StatesVAFB 1975 1987
Titan IIIC  United States Martin Marietta 41 m 11,500 3,000 No 14 United States CCSFS 1965 1970
Titan III(23)C  United States Martin Marietta 42.5 m 13,100[270] 3,000 No 22 United States CCSFS 1970 1982
Titan IIID  United States Martin Marietta 36 m 12,300[271] No 22 United StatesVAFB 1971 1982
Titan IIIE  United States Martin Marietta 48.8 m 15,400[272] No 7 United States CCSFS 1974 1977
Titan 34D  United States Martin Marietta 44.5 m 14,350 3,600 No 15 1982 1989
Titan IVA  United States Martin Marietta 51.36 m(standard) 17,110[273] 4,944 with IUS 14,090 to SSO[273]

4,536 to GSO with Centaur

3,550 to escape with IUS

No 22[274] 1989 1998
Titan IVB  United States Lockheed Martin 51.36 m(standard) 21,682[275] 5,761[275]
(9,000 with upper stage)
No 17[274] 1997 2005
Thor-Able I  United States Douglas/Aerojet 26.9 m 250 No 3 United States CCSFS 1958 1958
Thor-Able II  United States Douglas/Aerojet 27.3 m 270 No 4 United States CCSFS 1959 1960
Thor-Able III  United States Douglas/Aerojet 27.4 m ~64 to HEO No 1 United States CCSFS 1959 1959
Thor-Able IV  United States Douglas/Aerojet 27.2 m ~43 to Heliocentric No 1 United States CCSFS 1960 1960
Thor Agena-A  United States Douglas/Lockheed 22.7 m 860 No 16 United StatesVAFB 1959 1960
Thor Agena-B  United States Douglas/Lockheed 26.3 m 1,200 No 21 United StatesVAFB 1962 1965
Thor Agena-D  United States Douglas/Lockheed 29.3 m 1,150 No 22 United StatesVAFB 1962 1967
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D  United States Douglas/Lockheed 32.9 m 2,000 No 30 United StatesVAFB 1966 1971
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D  United States Douglas/Lockheed 34 m 2,000 No 13 United StatesVAFB 1969 1972
Thor-Burner-1 MG-18  United States Douglas 23 m 770 150-300 to MEO No 2 United StatesVAFB 1965 1965
Thor-Burner-1 Altair-3  United States Douglas ~24 m >73 No 4 United StatesVAFB 1965 1966
Thor-Burner-2  United States Douglas 22.4 m 250 to MEO No 12 United StatesVAFB 1966 1971
Thor-Burner-2A  United States Douglas 23.5 m 300 to MEO No 8 United StatesVAFB 1971 1976
Thor-Delta  United States Douglas 31 m 226 45 No 12 United States CCSFS 1960 1962
Thor-Delta A  United States Douglas 31 m 250 68 No 2 United States CCSFS 1962 1962
Thor-Delta B  United States Douglas 31 m 370 68 No 9 United States CCSFS 1962 1964
Thor-Delta C  United States Douglas 27.5 m 81 No 11 United States CCSFS 1963 1967
Thor-Delta C1  United States Douglas 27.5 m 81 No 2 United States CCSFS 1966 1969
Thor-Delta D  United States Douglas 32 m 450 104 No 2 United States CCSFS 1964 1965
Thor-Delta E  United States Douglas 31 m 540 150 No 6 1965 1967
Thor-Delta E1  United States Douglas 28 m 540 205 No 17 1966 1971
Thor-Delta G  United States Douglas 30 m 650 No 2 United States CCSFS 1966 1967
Thor-Delta J  United States Douglas 31 m 260 263 No 1 United StatesVAFB 1968 1968
Thor-Delta L  United States Douglas 35 m 356 300 No 2 1969 1972
Thor-Delta M  United States Douglas 34 m 356 355 No 12 United States CCSFS 1968 1971
Thor-Delta M6  United States Douglas 32.4 m 454 450 No 1 United States CCSFS 1971 1971
Thor-Delta N  United States Douglas 33 m 900 No 6 1968 1972
Thor-Delta N6  United States Douglas 33 m 1,600 No 3 United StatesVAFB 1970 1971
Thor-DM21 Able-Star  United States Douglas/Aerojet 29 m 150 No 11 United States CCSFS 1960 1962
Thor-DSV2A Able-Star  United States Douglas/Aerojet 29 m 150 No 8 United StatesVAFB 1963 1965
Thor-ISS  United States Douglas/Thiokol 23 m 500 to MEO No 5 United StatesVAFB 1976 1980
Thor-SLV2A Agena-B  United States Douglas/Lockheed 31 m 400 No 2 United StatesVAFB 1963 1966
Thor-SLV2A Agena-D  United States Douglas/Lockheed 29.3 m 1,500 No 60 United StatesVAFB 1963 1968
Tysklon-2

(R-36-O)

 Soviet Union Yuzhmash 32 m 3,350 No 18 Soviet Union Baikonur 1965 1971
Tsyklon-2A  Soviet Union Yuzhmash 39.7 m 3,350[276] No 8[277] Soviet Union Baikonur 1967 1969
Tsyklon-2M  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Yuzhmash 39.7 m 2,820[278] No 106[279] KazakhstanBaikonur 1969 2006[279]
Tsyklon-3  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Yuzhmash 39.3 m 1,920[280] No 122[281] Russia Plesetsk 1977 2009[281]
Unha-2  North Korea KCST 29.5 m 80 No 1 North Korea Tonghae 2009 2009
Unha-3  North Korea KCST 30 m 110 No 4[282] 2009[lower-alpha 13] 2016
Vanguard  United States Martin 21.9 m 9[283] No 10 (+1) United States CCSFS 1957 1959
Vanguard SLV-7  United States Martin 21.9 m 9[283] No 1 United States CCSFS 1959 1959
VLS-1  Brazil AEB, IAE 19.5 m 380[284] No 2[lower-alpha 14] (never reached orbit) Brazil CEA 1997 2003
Volna-O  Russia Makeyev 14.2 m 100[285] No 1 (+5)[243] Russia Barents Sea 1995[lower-alpha 15] 2005[243]
Voskhod  Soviet Union RSC Energia 44.1 m 5,680 No 299 Soviet Union Baikonur, Soviet Union Plesetsk 1963 1976
Vostok-L (Luna)  Soviet Union RSC Energia 30.8 m 4,000 400 to TLI No 9 Soviet Union Baikonur 1958 1960
Vostok (Korabl)  Soviet Union RSC Energia 38.4 m 4,550 390 to TLI[286] No 4 Soviet Union Baikonur 1960 1960
Vostok-K  Soviet Union RSC Energia 30.8 m 2,460[287] No 16 Soviet Union Baikonur 1960 1964
Vostok-2  Soviet Union RSC Energia 30.8 m 4,730[287] No 45 Soviet Union Baikonur, Soviet Union Plesetsk 1962 1967
Vostok-2M  Soviet Union RSC Energia 38.8 m 1,300[288] No 93 Soviet Union Baikonur, Soviet Union Plesetsk 1964 1991
Soyuz/Vostok  Soviet Union RSC Energia 31 m 6,000[289] No 2 Soviet Union Baikonur 1965 1966
Zenit-2  Soviet Union
 Ukraine
Yuzhnoye 57 m 13,740[290] No 36[291] KazakhstanBaikonur 1985 2004[292]
Zenit-2FG  Ukraine Yuzhnoye 57 m No
Zenit-2M  Ukraine Yuzhnoye 57 m 13,920[290] No 1 KazakhstanBaikonur 2007 2007
Zenit-3F  Ukraine Yuzhnoye 59.6 m 1,740 to GEO[293] No 4[294] KazakhstanBaikonur 2011 2017
Zenit-3SL  Ukraine Yuzhmash
RSC Energia
59.6 m 7,000[294] 6,160 No 36[294] Norway Ocean Odyssey 1999 2014
Zenit-3SLB  Ukraine Yuzhmash
RSC Energia
59.5 m 3,750[294] No 6[294] KazakhstanBaikonur 2008 2013
Zhuque-1  China LandSpace 19 m 300[295] 200 to SSO No 1[296] China JSLC 2018[296] 2018
  1. Reference altitude 500 km
  2. First suborbital test in 1969, first orbital launch attempt in 1970
  3. Despite not being officially aknowledged by the manifacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[8]
  4. Without Buran, and assuming payload providing orbital insertion
  5. The U.S. Space Shuttle Transportation System and the Soviet Energia-Buran system consist of launch vehicle rockets and returnable spaceplane orbiter. Payload values listed here are for the mass of the payload in cargo bay of the spaceplanes, excluding the mass of the spaceplanes themselves.
  6. The SpaceX website lists the F9 payload to LEO as 13,150kg. The payload to GTO is listed as 4,850kg. However, SpaceX has stated that these numbers include a 30% margin to accommodate re-usability.
  7. Despite not being officially aknowledged by the manifacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[30]
  8. Suborbital test flights in 1995, 1997 and 2002, no orbital launches attempted
  9. The N1 rocket was initially designed for 75 t LEO capacity and launch attempts were made with this version, but there were studies to increase the payload capacity to 90–95 t, if a liquid-hydrogen upper stage engine could be developed.
  10. A suborbital test flight was conducted in May 2018.[226]
  11. The Saturn V made 13 launches, 12 of which reached the correct orbits, and the other (Apollo 6) reached a different orbit than the one which had been planned; however, some mission objectives could still be completed; NASA, Saturn V News Reference, Appendix: Saturn V Flight History (1968) Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. For more information, see the Saturn V article. The Saturn V launch record is usually quoted as having never failed, e.g. "The rocket was masterminded by Wernher Von Braun and did not fail in any of its flights", Alan Lawrie and Robert Godwin; Saturn, but the Apollo 6 launch should be considered a partial mission failure. The 13th launch of Saturn V was in special configuration (SA-513) with the Skylab.
  12. A prior version of the SS-520 flew twice as a suborbital sounding rocket in 1998 and 2000. In 2017, the addition of a small third stage enabled orbital launches of ultra-light nano- or picosatellites.[261]
  13. A suborbital test flight failed in 2006. The first two orbital missions failed in 2009 and 2012, and the rocket finally reached orbit in late 2012.[282]
  14. A third rocket exploded before launch.
  15. First orbital launch attempt in 2005

Launch systems by country

The following chart shows the number of launch systems developed in each country, and broken down by operational status. Rocket variants are not distinguished; i.e., the Atlas V series is only counted once for all its configurations 401–431, 501–551, 552, and N22.

10
20
30
40
50
AUS
BRZ
CHN
EUR
ESP
FRA
IND
IRN
ISR
JPN
NKR
NZL
RUS
SKR
TWN
UKR
UK
USA
  •   Operational
  •   In development
  •   Retired

See also

Notes

  1. There are many different methods. Each mestylethod has drawbacks and advantages, and spacecraft propulsion is an active area of research. However, most spacecraft today are propelled by forcing a gas from the back/rear of the vehicle at very high speed through a supersonic de Laval nozzle. This sort of engine is called a rocket engine.
  2. The first medieval rockets were solid-fuel rockets powered by gunpowder; they were used by the Chinese, Indians, Mongols and Arabs, in warfare as early as the 13th century.
  3. Such as the Pegasus rocket and SpaceShipOne.
  4. Most satellites have simple reliable chemical thrusters (often monopropellant rockets) or resistojet rockets for orbital station-keeping and some use momentum wheels for attitude control. Soviet bloc satellites have used electric propulsion for decades, and newer Western geo-orbiting spacecraft are starting to use them for north-south stationkeeping and orbit raising. Interplanetary vehicles mostly use chemical rockets as well, although a few have used ion thrusters and Hall effect thrusters (two different types of electric propulsion) to great success.

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