Comparison of space station cargo vehicles
A number of different spacecraft have been used to carry cargo to and from space stations.
Table code key
Spacecraft under development | |
Spacecraft is operational or inactive | |
Retired or cancelled spacecraft | |
§ | Pressurized / Unpressurized payload capacity |
Orbital space vehicles
Spacecraft | Origin | Manufacturer | Launch system | Length (m) | Dry mass (kg) | Launch mass (kg) | Payload (kg) § | Payload volume (m3) § | Return payload (kg) | Diameter (m) | Generated power (W) | Automated docking | Status (No. Flights) |
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TKS | Soviet Union | TsKBM | Proton-K | 17.51 | 13,688 | 21,620 | 12,600 | 4.15 | 2,400 | No | Retired (4) | ||
Progress 7K-TG | Soviet Union | Energia | Soyuz-U | None | No | Retired (43) | |||||||
Progress-M 11F615A55 |
Soviet Union Russia |
Energia | Soyuz-U Soyuz-U2 |
7.2 | 7,130 | 2,600 | 7.6 | 150[lower-alpha 1] | 2.72 | 600[1] | Yes | Retired (66) | |
Progress-M1 |
Russia | Energia | Soyuz-U Soyuz-FG |
None | Yes | Retired (11) | |||||||
Progress-M 11F615A60 |
Russia | Energia | Soyuz-U Soyuz-2.1a |
7.2 | 7,150 | 2,230 | 7.6 | None | 2.72 | 700 | Yes | Retired (27 + 2 failed) | |
Cygnus (standard) | USA | Orbital | Antares 1x0 | 5.14 | 1,500[2] | 2,000[2] | 18.9[2] | None | 3.07 | 3,500[3] | No | Retired (3 + 1 failed) | |
Dragon (reusable) | USA | SpaceX | Falcon 9 | 6.1 | 4,200[4] | 10,200[lower-alpha 2] | 6,000[lower-alpha 3][5] | 10.0 / (14 or 34)[lower-alpha 4][6] | 3,000[lower-alpha 5][7] | 3.7 | 2,000[8] | No | Retired (19 + 1 failed)[9] |
ATV | Europe | EADS | Ariane 5ES | 10.3 | 10,470[10] | 20,750[10] | 7,667[10] | 48 | None | 4.5 | 3,800[11] | Yes | Retired (5) |
HTV | Japan | JAXA | H-IIB | 10 | 10,500[12] | 16,500[12] | 3,000 / 1,000[12] | 14 / 16[12] | 20[lower-alpha 6][13] | 4.4 | 200 | No | Retired (9) |
Tianzhou (basic) |
China | CAST | Long March 7 | 10.6 | 13,500 | 6,900[lower-alpha 7][14] | 18.1 | None | 3.35 | Yes | Retired (5) | ||
Progress-MS | Russia | Energia | Soyuz-U Soyuz-2.1a |
7.2 | 7,150 | 2,230 | None | Yes | Operational[15] | ||||
Dragon 2 cargo (reusable) | USA | SpaceX | Falcon 9 | 8.1 | 6,400 | 6,000[16] | 9.3 / 37 | 3,000[16] | 4.0 | Yes | Operational | ||
Cygnus (enhanced) | USA | Northrop Grumman | Antares 230 Antares 230+ Atlas V 401 Antares 330 Falcon 9 |
6.34 | 1,800[17] | 3,750 | 27[17] | None | 3.07 | No | Operational | ||
Tianzhou (improved) | China | CAST | Long March 7 | 10.6 | 14,000 | 7,400[lower-alpha 8][14] | 22.5 (~40 total) | None | 3.35 | Yes | Operational | ||
Dream Chaser Cargo System (reusable) | USA | Sierra Nevada Corporation | Vulcan Centaur | 5,000 / 500[18] | 1,750[18] | Yes | Development | ||||||
HTV-X | Japan | JAXA | H3 Launch Vehicle[19] | 10[lower-alpha 9] | 8,300 | 16,000, combined[20] | 4,069 / 1,750 | 78[lower-alpha 10] | 4.4 | 1,000 | No[lower-alpha 11] | Development[21] | |
Cygnus (Mission B) | USA | Northrop Grumman | Antares 330 | 5,000 | |||||||||
Dragon XL | USA | SpaceX | Falcon 9 | 5,000[22] | None | Yes[22] | Development[23] | ||||||
Argo | Europe | Rocket Factory Augsburg AG (RFA) | Launch Vehicle Ambiguous | 3,400 | <13 | Greater than or equal to 1 Ton [24] | Yes | Development[25] | |||||
NYX | Europe | The Exploration Company | Launch Vehicle Ambiguous | 4,000 | 2500 pressurized and 100 unpressurized[26] | Yes | Development[27] |
Notes
- With optional Raduga capsule.
- 4,200kg dry mass + 6,000kg up mass
- In any combination of pressurized or unpressurized.
- 34 unpressurized with extended trunk
- Capsule return.
- With optional HSRC.
- Including propellant.
- Including propellant.
- 10 with cargo module, 6.2 without.
- Combined.
- Technology trial of an automated IDSS docking port fitted in place of unpressurised cargo module being planned.
See also
References
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