Comparison of orbital launcher families
This article compares different orbital launcher families (although many launchers that are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have their own separate entries). The article is organized into two tables: the first table contains a list of currently active and under-development launcher families, while the second table contains a list of retired launcher families.
The related article "Comparison of orbital launch systems" contains tables that list each individual launcher system within any given launcher family, categorized by its current operational status.
Description
- Family: Name of the family/model of launcher
- Country: Origin country of launcher
- Manufac.: Main manufacturer
- Payload: Maximum mass of payload, for 3 altitudes
- LEO, low Earth orbit
- GTO, geostationary transfer orbit
- TLI, trans-Lunar injection
- Cost: Price for a launch at this time, in millions of US$
- Launches reaching...
- Total: Flights which lift-off, or where the vehicle is destroyed during the terminal count
Note: only includes orbital launches (flights launched with the intention of reaching orbit). Suborbital tests launches are not included in this listing. - Space (regardless of outcome): Flights which reach approximately 100 km or more above Earth's surface.
- Any orbit (regardless of outcome): Flights which achieve at least one complete orbit even if the orbit differs from the targeted orbit.
- Target orbit (without damage to the payload)
- Total: Flights which lift-off, or where the vehicle is destroyed during the terminal count
- Status: Actual status of launcher (retired, development, active)
- Date of flight
- First: Year of first flight of first family member
- Last (if applicable): Year of Last flight (for vehicles retired from service)
- Refs: citations
Same cores are grouped together (like Ariane 1, 2 & 3, but not V).
List of active and under-development launcher families
- Legend
- Active or undergoing orbital test flightsUnder-development
Family | Country | Manufac. | Payload (kg) | Cost (US$, millions) |
Launches reaching... | Status | Date of flight | Notes | Refs | |||||||
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LEO | GTO | TLI | Total | Space | Any orbit | Target orbit | First | Last | ||||||||
Agnibaan | ![]() |
Agnikul Cosmos | 100 | -- | -- | -- | Devel. | NET 2023 | Expected launch in 2022 | |||||||
Alpha | ![]() |
Firefly Aerospace | 1,000 | — | — | -- | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 2 | 1 | Active | 2021 | [1] | |||
Angara | ![]() |
Khrunichev | 3,800–35,000 | 3,600–12,500 | -- | -- | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 5 | 5 | 4 | Active | 2014 | [2][3] | |||
Antares | ![]() |
Orbital ATK | 8,000 | -- | -- | 80 | 18[lower-alpha 3] | 17 | 17 | 17 | Active[lower-alpha 4] | 2013 | Cygnus launcher. Var.: 110, 120, 130, 230, 230+, 330 |
[4][5][6] | ||
Ariane 6 | ![]() |
Airbus Safran | 21,650 (A64 var.) |
11,500+ (A64 var.) |
8,500 (A64 var.) |
115 | 0 | Devel. | 2023[7] | Var.: Ariane 62, Ariane 64. | [8] | |||||
Astra Rocket | ![]() |
Astra | 50–150 (to SSO) |
— | — | -- | 7[lower-alpha 5] | 4 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2020 | 2 suborbital test launches in 2018. | [9] | ||
Atlas V | ![]() |
ULA | 18,850 | 8,900 | 2,807 | 109–153 | 99[lower-alpha 6] | 99 | 99 | 99 | Active[lower-alpha 7] | 2002 | 2029 (planned) |
Launched Juno & New Horizons | [10][11] | |
Blue Whale 1 | ![]() |
Perigee Aerospace | 170 (to SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | [12] | ||||||
Ceres-1 | ![]() |
Galactic Energy | 400 (LEO) 300 (SSO) |
-- | -- | -- | 10[lower-alpha 8] | 10 | 9 | 9 | Active | 2020 | [13][14] | |||
Chollima-1 | ![]() |
NADA | ~300 | -- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 9] | 1 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2023 | solid-LP-1 fueled carrier | [15] | ||
Cyclone-4M | ![]() |
Yuzhnoye Yuzhmash |
5,000 | 1,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | unknown | [16] | ||||||
Darwin-1 | ![]() |
Rocket Pi | unknown | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | methalox launcher | [17] | |||||
Delta IV | ![]() |
ULA | 23,040 | 13,130 | 9,000 | -- | 44[lower-alpha 10] | 44 | 43 | 43 | Active | 2002 | Var.: M, M+, and Heavy. | [18] | ||
Electron | ![]() ![]() |
Rocket Lab | 225 | 6 | 40[lower-alpha 11] | 40 | 36 | 36 | Active | 2017 | [19] | |||||
Epsilon | ![]() |
IHI Corporation | 1,200 | -- | -- | -- | 6[lower-alpha 12] | 6 | 5 | 5 | Active | 2013 | [20][21] | |||
Eris | ![]() |
Gilmour Space Technologies | 305 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2023 | [22] | ||||||
Falcon 9+FH family |
Falcon 9 | ![]() |
SpaceX | 22,800 | 8,300 | -- | 61.2 | 266[lower-alpha 13][lower-alpha 14] | 265 | 265 | 264 | Active | 2010 | Var.: v1.0, v1.1[lower-alpha 15], FT[lower-alpha 16], Block 4, Block 5. Launcher of crewed Dragon capsule. | ||
Falcon Heavy | ![]() |
SpaceX | 63,800 | 26,700 | -- | 90–150 | 8[lower-alpha 17] | 8 | 8 | 8 | Active | 2018 | First test launch 2018-02-06 | [25][26][27] | ||
Gravity-1 | ![]() |
Orienspace | 6,500 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2023 | anticipated to be world's largest solid launcher | [17] | |||||
GSLV Mark II | ![]() |
ISRO | 5,000 | 2,700 | -- | -- | 9[lower-alpha 18] | 8 | 7 | 7 | Active | 2010 | [28][29][30] | |||
H-II, IIA & IIB | ![]() |
Mitsubishi | 19,000 | 8,000 | -- | (190), 90, 112 | 63[lower-alpha 19] | 62 | 61 | 60 | Active | 1994 | Var.: A202, A2022, A2024, A204, B | [31] | ||
H3 | ![]() |
Mitsubishi | 4,000–28,300 (base-heavy) | 7,900–14,800 (base-heavy) | 11,900 (heavy) | 1[lower-alpha 20] | 1 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2023 | Var.: 30S, 22S, 32L, 24L, heavy[32][33] | [33] | |||
Hyperbola-1 | ![]() |
i-Space | 300 | -- | -- | 5[lower-alpha 21] | 3 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2019 | [34] | ||||
Hyperbola-2 | ![]() |
i-Space | 2,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | VTVL | [17][35] | ||||||
Jielong 1 | ![]() |
CALT | 200 (SSO) | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 22] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2019 | [36] | ||||
Jielong 3 | ![]() |
CALT | 1,500 (500 km SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 23] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2022 | [35][37] | |||
Kaituozhe (DF-31) |
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CALT | 800 | -- | -- | -- | 3[lower-alpha 24] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2002 | Var.: KT-1, KT-2, KT2-A | [38] | ||
Kuaizhou (DF-21) |
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CASIC | 400 (KZ-1)–1,500 (KZ-11) | -- | -- | -- | 26[lower-alpha 25][lower-alpha 26] | 25[lower-alpha 27] | 23 | 23 | Active | 2013 | Var.: KZ-1, KZ-1A, KZ-11; (KZ-21 under development) | [39][40] | ||
LauncherOne | ![]() |
Virgin Orbit | 300 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 6[lower-alpha 28] | 5 | 4 | 4 | Susp.[lower-alpha 29] | 2020 | [41] | |||
Lijian-1 (PR-1) | ![]() |
CAS Space | 1,500 (500 km SSO) |
-- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 30] | 2 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2022 | solid fueled carrier | [35][17] | ||
Long March 2–3–4 (DF-5) |
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CALT | 12,000 | 5,500 | 3,300 | 438[lower-alpha 31][lower-alpha 32] | 432 [lower-alpha 33] | 429 | 422 | Active | 1971 | See notes | Var.: 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F,[lower-alpha 34] 3, 3A, 3B, 3B/E, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C. See [lower-alpha 35] for retired var. among those listed here. | [43] | ||
Long March 5 | ![]() |
CALT | 25,000 | 14,000 | 8,000 | -- | 9[lower-alpha 36] | 9 | 8 | 8 | Active | 2016 | Var.: 5, 5B | [44][45] | ||
CZ 6–7–8 family | Long March 6 | ![]() |
CALT | 1,500 (LEO) 1,080 (SSO) 4,000 (SSO; 6A var.) |
-- | -- | -- | 14[lower-alpha 37] | 14 | 14 | 14 | Active | 2015 | Var.: 6, 6A | [46] | |
Long March 7 | ![]() |
CALT | 14,000 | 5,500–7,000 (7A var.)[47] | -- | -- | 12[lower-alpha 38] | 11 | 11 | 11 | Active | 2016 | Var.: 7, 7A | [48][47][49] | ||
Long March 8 | ![]() |
CALT | 4,500 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 39] | 2 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2020 | Var.: 8, 8A (expendable); 8R (VTVL) | [47][50][51] | ||
Long March 9 | ![]() |
CALT | 150,000 | -- | 50,000 | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2033 | partly-reusable Super-Heavy carrier | [50][52] | |||||
Long March 10 | ![]() |
CALT | 70,000 (CZ-10); 14,000 (CZ-10A, reusable); 18,000 (CZ-10A, expendable)[53] |
-- | 27,000 (CZ-10)[52] |
-- | 0 | Devel. | 2027 | crewed; Var.: 10 ((3-core, TLI); 10A (1-core, LEO, partly reusable)) |
[54][55][53][52][56] | |||||
Long March 11 | ![]() |
CALT | 700 | -- | -- | -- | 16[lower-alpha 40] | 16 | 16 | 16 | Active | 2015 | Likely based on DF-31 missile | [57] | ||
LVM 3 | ![]() |
ISRO | 10,000 | 4,000 | 2,180 | -- | 6[lower-alpha 41] [lower-alpha 42] | 6 | 6 | 6 | Active | 2014 | [58][59] | |||
Minotaur I | ![]() |
Orbital ATK | 580 | -- | -- | -- | 12[lower-alpha 43] | 12 | 12 | 12 | Active | 2000 | Derived from the Minuteman II | [60][61] | ||
Minotaur IV & V | ![]() |
Orbital ATK | 1,735 | 640 | 447 | 50 | 8[lower-alpha 44] | 8 | 8 | 8 | Active | 2010 | Also 2 suborbital launches (HTV-2a). Var.: IV, IV Lite, IV HAPS, V. Derived from Peacekeeper missile | [60][62] | ||
Miura 5 | ![]() |
PLD Space | 900 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | [63] | |||||||
MLV | ![]() |
Firefly Aerospace | 14,000 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2025 | [64] | ||||||
Nebula-1 | ![]() |
Deep Blue Aerospace | 1,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2024 | planned VTVL first stage | [65] | ||||||
Neutron | ![]() ![]() |
Rocket Lab | 15,000 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2024 | [66] | ||||||
New Glenn | ![]() |
Blue Origin | 45,000 | 13,000 | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | [67] | |||||||
New Line 1 | ![]() |
LinkSpace | 200 (SSO) | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | unknown | [68] | |||||||
NGLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 20,000 | 10,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | unknown | [69] | ||||||
Nuri | ![]() |
KARI | 1,500 | -- | -- | 3[lower-alpha 45] | 3 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2021 | [70][71] | ||||
OS-M | ![]() |
OneSpace | 205 (M1) | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 46] | 0 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2019 | Var.: M1, M2, M4. Single M1 failed launch; M2 & M4 in development. | [72] | ||
Pallas-1 | ![]() |
Galactic Energy | 5,000 3,000 (SSO) |
-- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2024 | reusable | [73] | |||||
Pegasus | ![]() |
Orbital ATK | 450 | -- | -- | -- | 45[lower-alpha 47] | 44 | 42 | 40 | Active | 1990 | [74] | |||
Prime | ![]() |
Orbex | 150 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2023 | [75][76] | ||||||
Proton (UR-500) |
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Khrunichev | 23,000 | 6,920 | 5,680 | 65 (Proton-M) | 429[lower-alpha 48] | 381 | Active | 1965 | Var.: K, M, Medium in development. | [77][78][79] | ||||
PSLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 3,800 | 1,200 | 550 | -- | 59[lower-alpha 49] | 58 | 57 | 56 | Active | 1993 | Var.: CA, XL, QL, DL Launched moon probe Chandrayaan I, Mars probe Mangalyaan I |
[80][81] | ||
Qased | ![]() |
IRGC | 10 | -- | -- | -- | 3[lower-alpha 50] | 3 | 3 | 3 | Active | 2020 | [82] | |||
Qaem-100 | ![]() |
IRGC | 80 | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 51] | 1 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2023 | [83] | |||
RFA One | ![]() |
Rocket Factory Augsburg | 1,300 | 450 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2024 | 1st stage combustion in Europe, Orbital Stage. | [84][85][86][87][88] | |||||
Rokot/Strela (UR-100N) |
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Eurockot Khrunichev | 2,100 | -- | -- | -- | 37[lower-alpha 52] | 36 | 35 | 35 | Active | 1994 | 34 Rokot launches (no launches post-2019 due to Ukrainian tech ban); 3 Strela launches. | [89][90][91][92] | ||
RS1 | ![]() |
ABL Space Systems | 1,200 | -- | -- | 12 | 1[lower-alpha 53] | 0 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2023 | [93] | |||
Shavit | ![]() |
IAI | 225 | -- | -- | 15 | 12[lower-alpha 54] | 10 | 10 | 10 | Active | 1988 | Var.: Shavit, -1, -2 | [94] | ||
Simorgh | ![]() |
ISA | 350 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 55] | 4[lower-alpha 56] | 0 | 0 | Active | 2016 | [95] | |||
SLS | ![]() |
Orbital ATK Boeing United Launch Alliance Aerojet Rocketdyne | 95,000–130,000 | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 57] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2022 | [96][97] | |||
Soyuz |
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RSC Energia TsSKB-Progress | 8,200 | 2,400 | 1,200 | -- | 1,975[lower-alpha 58] | [lower-alpha 59] | 1,856[lower-alpha 60] | Active | 1957 | Var.: Sputnik, Luna, Vostok-L, Vostok-K, Voskhod, Molniya, Molniya-L, Molniya-M, Polyot, Soyuz, Soyuz-L, Soyuz-M, Soyuz-U, Soyuz-FG, Soyuz-2, Soyuz-2-1v | [98][99] | |||
SS-520 | ![]() |
IHI Aerospace | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 61] | 2 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2017 | 2 successful suborbital flights and 2 orbital flights (one success). A test of how small orbital rockets can be. The rocket has a mass of only 2.6 tonnes. | [100] | ||
SSLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 500 | 300 | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 62] | 2 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2022 | ||||
Starship | ![]() |
SpaceX | 250,000 (expendable)
150,000 (reusable) |
40,000 | 100,000+[lower-alpha 63] | -- | 1[lower-alpha 64] | 0 | 0 | 0 | orbital test flights | 2023 | First test flight intended to place Starship into a TAO orbit. | [101][102][103][104][105] | ||
Start-1 (RT-2PM) |
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MITT | 532 | -- | -- | -- | 7[lower-alpha 65] | 6 | 6 | 6 | Active | 1993 | [106] | |||
Taurus / Minotaur-C | ![]() |
Orbital Sciences | 1,450 | -- | -- | -- | 9[lower-alpha 66] | 9 | 6 | 6 | Active | 1989 | Var.: 2110, 3110, 3210 | [107] | ||
Tianlong 2 | ![]() |
Space Pioneer | 2,000 (LEO) 1,500 (500 km SSO) |
-- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 67] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2023 | liquid fueled (kerolox) carrier | [108][109] | |||
Tianlong 3 | ![]() |
Space Pioneer | 17,000 (LEO) 14,000 (500 km SSO) |
-- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2024 | kerolox with reusable 1st stage | [109][110] | ||||||
Tronador | ![]() |
CONAE | 500 | Devel. | 2030 | |||||||||||
Unha | ![]() |
KCST | 200 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 68] | 3 | 2 | Active | 2006 | Var.: Paektusan based on Taepodong-1 missile; Unha based on Taepodong-2 missile. | [111][112] | |||
Vega | ![]() |
Avio | 2,300 | -- | -- | 23 | 23[lower-alpha 69] | 22 | 20 | 20 | Active | 2012 | Vega, Vega-C, Vega-E in-development. |
[113] | ||
Vikram | ![]() |
Skyroot Aerospace | 720 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2023 | Var.: Vikram 1, Vikram II, Vikram III | [114] | ||||||
VLM | ![]() |
CTA | 150 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | NET 2025 | [115][116][117] | ||||||
Vulcan | ![]() |
ULA | 17,800–34,900 | 7,400–16,300 | -- | 99 | 0 | Devel. | NET 2023 | [118][119][120][121] | ||||||
Yenisei | ![]() |
TsSKB-Progress RSC Energia |
88,000–115000 | 20,000-27,000 | 0 | Devel. | NET 2032 | [122][123][124][125] | ||||||||
Zenit | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Yuzhnoye | 13,740 | 6,160 | 4,098 | -- | 84[lower-alpha 70] | 74 | 72 | Active | 1985 | Var.: 2, 2M (2SB, 2SLB), 3SL, 3SLB, 3SLBF | [126] | |||
Zero | ![]() |
Interstellar Technologies | 100 (SSO) | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2023 | [127] | |||||||
Zhuque-2 | ![]() |
LandSpace | 6,000 (LEO) 4000 (500 km SSO)[128] |
-- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 71] | 2 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2022 | 1st methalox carrier to reach orbit (2023) | [35][128] | |||
Zuljanah | ![]() |
ISA | 220[129] | 0 | Devel. | NET 2023 | Two suborbital flights | [129] |
List of retired launcher families
- Legend
- Retired
Family | Country | Manufac. | Payload (kg) | Cost (US$, millions) |
Launches reaching... | Status | Date of flight | Notes | Refs | ||||||
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LEO | GTO | TLI | Total | Space | Any orbit | Target orbit | First | Last | |||||||
Ariane 1-2-3 | ![]() |
Aérospatiale | — | 2,650 | — | -- | 28 | Retired | 1979 | 1989 | [130][131] | ||||
Ariane 4 | ![]() |
Aérospatiale | 7,000 | 4,720 | — | -- | 116 | Retired | 1988 | 2003 | Var.: 40, 42P, 42L, 44P, 44L, 44LP | [131] | |||
Ariane 5 | ![]() |
Airbus | 21,000 | 10,735[132] | — | 165–220 | 117[lower-alpha 72] | 115 | 115 | 112 | Retired | 1996 | 2023 | Var.: G, G+, GS, ECA, ES. | [133][134][135] |
ASLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 150 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | Retired | 1987 | 1994 | [136] | ||||
Athena I & II | ![]() |
Lockheed ATK | 2,065 | -- | 295 | -- | 7 | Retired | 1995 | 2001 | Launch Lunar Prospector.[137] | [138] | |||
Atlas I (Atlas A-B-C-D-E-F-G) |
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Lockheed | 5,900 | 2,340 | -- | -- | 514 | Retired | 1957 | 1997 | Launch Mercury. Atlas or Centaur upper stage. |
[139][140][141][142] | |||
Atlas II | ![]() |
Lockheed | 8,618 | 3,833 | -- | -- | 63 | 63 | 63 | Retired | 1991 | 2004 | [143][144][145] | ||
Atlas III | ![]() |
Lockheed | 10,759 | 4,609 | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | 6 | Retired | 2003 | 2005 | Var.: IIIA, IIIB | [146][147] | |
Black Arrow | ![]() |
RAE Westland | 132 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | Retired | 1969 | 1971 | [148] | |||
Delta | ![]() |
Douglas | 3,848 | 1,312 | -- | -- | 186 | Retired | 1960 | 1989 | Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes. Var. A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, 300, 900, 1X00, 4X00, 2X00, 3X00, 5X00 |
[149] | |||
Delta II | ![]() |
ULA | 6,000 | 2,171 | 1,508 | 51 | 153 | 152 | 152 | 151 | Retired | 1989 | 2018 | Launched Mars probes MGS to Phoenix Var.: 6000, 7000, and Heavy. |
[149][150][151] |
Delta III | ![]() |
Boeing | 8,290 | 3,810 | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 1998 | 2000 | [152][153] | ||
Diamant | ![]() |
SEREB | 160 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 9 | Retired | 1965 | 1975 | ||||
Dnepr (R-36M) |
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Yuzhmash | 3,600 | -- | 750 | 14 | 17 | Retired | 1999 | 2015 | [154][155][156] | ||||
Energia | ![]() |
NPO Energia | 100,000 | 20,000 | 32,000 | 240 (Energia−Buran) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Retired | 1987 | 1988 | 1 partial failure with Polyus spacecraft, 1 successful flight with Buran shuttle. | [157] |
Falcon 1 | ![]() |
SpaceX | 420[158] | -- | -- | 7.9[158] | 5[159] | 4[158] | 2[158] | 2[159] | Retired[158] | 2006 | 2009 | ||
Feng Bao 1 (DF-5) |
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SAST | 2,500 | -- | -- | -- | 8 | 4 | Retired | 1972 | 1981 | 3 successful suborbital flights | [160] | ||
GSLV Mark I | ![]() |
ISRO | 5,000 | 2,500 | -- | -- | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 2001 | 2010 | [28][29][30] | |
H-I | ![]() |
Mitsubishi | 3,200 | -- | -- | 9 | 9 | Retired | 1986 | 1992 | License-built version of the Thor-ELT | [161] | |||
J-I | ![]() |
IHI Corporation Nissan Motors | 880 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | Retired | 1996 | 1996 | Partial demonstration flight only | ||||
Kosmos (R-12 & R-14) |
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Yuzhnoye Polyot | 1,500 | -- | -- | 12 | 610 | 559 | Retired | 1967 | 2010 | Var.: 1, 2, 3, 3M | [134][162][163] | ||
Lambda 4S | ![]() |
Nissan ISAS | 26 | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 1 | Retired | 1966 | 1970 | ||||
Long March 1 | ![]() |
CALT | 300 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 1970 | 1971 | [164][165][166] | |
Long March 1D | ![]() |
CALT | 740 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Retired | 1995 | 2002 | 3 suborbital launches only (2 successful.) | [164][165][166] | |||
Mu 1-3-4 | ![]() |
Nissan Motor IHI | 770 | -- | -- | -- | 27 | Retired | 1966 | 1995 | Var.: 1, 3D, 4S, 3C, 3H, 3S, 3SII | [167] | |||
Mu 5 | ![]() |
Nissan Motor IHI | 1,800 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 6 | Retired | 1997 | 2006 | Var.: M-V, M-V KM | |||
N1 | ![]() |
NPO Energia | 90,000 | -- | 23,500 | -- | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Retired | 1969 | 1972 | Designed for Soviet Manned Lunar Mission | [168] |
N-I & II | ![]() |
Mitsubishi | 2,000 | 730 | -- | -- | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14[lower-alpha 73] | Retired | 1975 | 1987 | Derived from the American Delta rocket | [169] |
Naro | ![]() |
Khrunichev KARI | 100 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Retired | 2009 | 2013 | First stage uses the Russian RD-151 engine | [170] |
Safir | ![]() |
ISA | 50 | -- | -- | -- | 8[lower-alpha 74] | 5 | 4 | 4 | Retired | 2007 | 2019 | Numbers given here may be in dispute | [171] |
Saturn I & IB | ![]() |
Chrysler Douglas | 18,600 | -- | -- | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Retired | 1961 | 1975 | Saturn 1 family also included 6 suborbital test launches | [172][173] |
Saturn V | ![]() |
Boeing North American Douglas | 118,000 | -- | 47,000 | 185 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Retired | 1967 | 1973 | Var.: Apollo, Skylab | [172][174][175] | |
Scout | ![]() |
US Air Force NASA | 210 | -- | -- | -- | 125 | 104 | Retired | 1960 | 1994 | Var.: X1, X2, A, D, G | [176] | ||
Shtil'/Volna-O (R-29) |
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Makeyev | 430 | -- | -- | -- | 8[lower-alpha 75] | 7 | 2 | 2 | Retired (as commercial launchers)[177] | 1995 | 2006 | Var.: Volna, Shtil, 2.1, 2R, 3 | [177] |
SLV | ![]() |
ISRO | 40 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Retired | 1979 | 1983 | Launched Rohini satellite series | [178] |
STS (Space Shuttle) |
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Alliant Martin Marietta Rockwell | 24,400 | 3,810 | -- | 450 | 135 | 134 | 134 | 133 | Retired | 1981 | 2011 | Orbiter mass: 68585 kg. | [179] |
Terran 1 | ![]() |
Relativity Space | 1,250 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | 2023 | 2023 | anticipates 3-D printing most rocket parts | [180] | |
Thor | ![]() |
Douglas | 1,270 | -- | 38 | -- | 357 | Retired | 1957 | 1980 | Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes | [149] | |||
Titan II-(II GLV)-III-IV (LGM-25C) |
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Martin Marietta | 21,900 | 5,773 | 8,600 | 350 | 369 | Retired | 1959 | 2005 | Var.: I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, IIID, IIIE, 34D, IVA, IVB Gemini launcher |
[181][182] | |||
Tsyklon (R-36) |
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Yuzhmash | 4,100 | -- | -- | -- | 259 | Retired | 1967 | 2009 | Var.: 1, 2, 3. | [183] | |||
Vanguard | ![]() |
Martin | 23 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 3 | Retired | 1957 | 1959 | [184] | |||
Zhuque-1 | ![]() |
LandSpace | 300 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Retired | 2018 | 2018 | [185][186] |
See also
Notes
- Number of Alpha launches current as of 15 September, 2023.
- Number of Angara 1.2 + A5 launches current as of 15 October 2022.
- Number of Antares launches current as of 02 August 2023.
- The only currently available version, Antares 230+, has only one launch planned, in July 2023. After that, the development period will follow.
- Number of Astra launches current as of 12 June 2022.
- Number of Atlas V launches current as of 06 October 2023.
- All remaining planned launches are sold.
- Number of Ceres-1 launches current as of 21 September 2023.
- Number of Chollima-1 launches current as of 23 August 2023.
- Number of Delta IV launches current as of 22 June 2023.
- Number of Electron launches current as of 19 September 2023.
- Number of Epsilon launches current as of 12 October 2022.
- Number of Falcon 9 launches are updated via manual input into "Template:Falcon rocket statistics". Said page was last updated on 22 October 2023.
- One flight put primary but not secondary payload into correct orbit,[23] one rocket and payload were destroyed before launch in preparation for static fire[24] and thus is not counted.
- Upgraded to version 1.1 in 2013.
- Upgraded to version FT in 2015.
- Falcon rocket statistics template page last updated on 22 October 2023.
- Number of GSLV Mark II launches current as of 29 May 2023.
- Number of H-II (all versions) launches current as of 06 September 2023.
- Number of H3 launches current as of 07 March 2023.
- Number of Hyperbola-1 launches current as of 07 April 2023.
- Jielong 1 launch numbers current as of 17 August 2019.
- Jielong 3 launch numbers current as of 09 December 2022.
- Kaituozhe launch numbers current as of 2 March 2017.
- Number of Kuaizhou launches current as of 14 August 2023.
- Number of Kuaizhou launches excludes a successful suborbital test launch on 17 March 2012.
- According to cited reference, a KZ-11 3rd stage failed to ignite during the launch on 10 July 2020; also, the KZ-1A launch on 12 September 2020 experienced a 4th-stage failure. Both launches likely reached space.
- LauncherOne launch numbers current as of 9 January 2023.
- The parent company suspended operations and declared bankruptcy
- Lijian-1 launch numbers current as of 07 June 2023.
- Number of Long March 2-3-4 launches current as of 26 October 2023.
- The total number of launches in the CZ-2,3,4 series listed here does not include 6 possible launches [5 possilbe successes and 1 possible failure] of the CZ-2C (3) var. noted in reference.[42]
- Sources from List of Long March launches are unclear regarding whether 3 failed launches in the CZ-2,3,4 series reached space; thus the number quoted here is the minimum number of launches that reached space while the actual possible number could be greater than the quoted number by up to three.
- CZ-2F is the crew-rated launcher for the Shenzhou spacecraft.
- As of 21 February 2020, the following var. in the Long March 2-3-4 family of launchers have been retired: 2A, 2E, 3, 3B, and 4A.
- Number of Long March 5 launches current as of 31 October 2022.
- Number of Long March 6 launches current as of 10 September 2023.
- Number of Long March 7 launches current as of 10 May 2023.
- Number of Long March 8 launches current as of 27 February 2022.
- Number of Long March 11 launches current as of 15 March 2023.
- Number of GSLV LVM-3 launches current as of 14 July 2023.
- LVM-3 launch numbers do not include one successful suborbital flight.
- Number of Minotaur I launches current as of 15 June 2021.
- Number of Minotaur IV and V launches current as of 15 July 2020.
- Number of Nuri launches current as of 25 May 2023.
- Number of OS-M launches current as of 27 March 2019.
- Number of Pegasus launches current as of 13 June 2021.
- Number of Proton launches current as of 12 March 2023.
- Number of PSLV launches current as of 02 September 2023.
- Number of Qased launches current as of 27 September 2023.
- Number of Qaem 100 launches current as of 04 March, 2023.
- Number of Rokot+Strela launches current as of 26 December 2019.
- Number of RS1 launches current as of 20 January 2023.
- Number of Shavit launches current as of 28 March, 2023
- Number of launches current as of 12 June 2021.
- According of Russian sources, first launch in 2016 was a successful suborbital flight. According to an Iranian government source, third launch (January 2019) failed due to a problem in the rocket's third stage which implies that the vehicle reached space. According to an Iranian government source, fourth launch (February 2020) reached an altitude of about 355 miles but the vehicle failed to achieve orbital velocity. See sources cited in Simorgh Wikipedia page.
- Number of SLS launches current as of 16 November 2022.
- Number of R-7 Semyorka/Soyuz launches current as of 15 September 2023.
- Due to the existence of ICBM variants, suborbital flights, and the large total number of flights, the number of launches reaching space and those reaching any orbit are not given here in order to lessen the dissemination of inaccurate information.
- The total number of launches and launch successes are taken from the R-7 Semyorka Wikipedia page.
- Number of SS-520 launches current as of 3 February 2018.
- Number of SSLV launches current as of 10 February, 2023.
- With in-orbit refueling
- Number of Starship launches current as of 20 April 2023.
- Number of Start-1/Start launches current as of 25 April 2006.
- Number of Taurus/Minotaur-C launches current as of 31 October 2017.
- Number of Tianlong-2 launches current as of 02 April 2023.
- Number of Unha-2/Unha-3 launches current as of 7 February 2016.
- Number of Vega (all versions) launches current as of 09 October 2023.
- Number of Zenit launches current as of 26 December 2017.
- Number of Zhuque-2 launches current as of 12 July 2023.
- Number of Ariane 5 launches current as of 05 July 2023.
- One N-I launch partially failed due to recontact between satellite and upper stage.
- Number of Safir launches current as of 29 August 2019. Number of launches and possible outcomes are in dispute. See main page at Safir.
- 5 of the 8 launches were suborbital (of which 2 failed); 3 of the 8 launches were intended for LEO (2 successes).[177]
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