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Comparison of orbital launch systems

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This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list includes all upcoming 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.

Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world.

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

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Orbits legend:

Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Maximum payload mass
(kg) 		Reusable / Expendable Orbital
launches
including
failures[a] 		Launch site(s) Dates of flight
LEO GTO Other First Latest
Angara A5 / Briz-M   Russia Khrunichev 48.7 m 24,500[1] 5,400[1] 3,000 to GEO[1] Expendable 2[1]   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2014 2020
Angara-1.2   Russia Khrunichev 42.7 m 3,700[2] N/A 2,400 to SSO[3]
3400 to polar[2] 		Expendable 3[2]   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2022 2024
Ariane 6 A62   Europe ArianeGroup 63 m 10,350[4]: 45  4,500[5]: 33  7,200 to SSO
7,000 to polar
3,300 to HEO
3,500 to TLI[5]: 35–37  		Expendable 1[6]   CSG 2024 2024
Atlas V 551   United States ULA 58.3 m 18,850[7] 8,900[7] 13,550 to SSO[8]
3,850 to GEO[7] 		Expendable 14[8]  VAFB,
  CCSFS 		2006 2024
Atlas V N22[b]   United States ULA 52.4 m 13,000[10] N/A N/A Expendable 3[10]   Cape Canaveral 2019[11] 2024
Ceres-1 (3)[c]   China Galactic Energy 20 m 400[13] N/A 300 to SSO[13] Expendable 10[12]   JSLC 2022 2024
Ceres-1S[d]   China Galactic Energy 20 m 400[13] N/A 300 to SSO[13] Expendable 3[12]   OMSP 2023 2024
Chollima-1   North Korea NADA > 38 m > 300[14] N/A N/A Expendable 3[15]   Sohae 2023 2023
Electron   United States
  New Zealand 		Rocket Lab 18 m 300[16] N/A 200 to SSO[17] Partially reusable 52[18]   Mahia,
  MARS 		2017 2024
Epsilon (2)   Japan IHI[19] 24.4 m 1,500[20] N/A N/A Expendable 1[20]   KSC 2016 2016
Epsilon (2) / CLPS   Japan IHI[19] 24.4 m N/A N/A 590 to SSO[20] Expendable 4[20]   KSC 2018 2022
Falcon 9 Block 5   United States SpaceX 70 m 13,000 1,800 1,000 to BLT Partially reusable (launch site) 341[21]  Vandenberg,
  Cape Canaveral,
  Kennedy 		2018 2024
17,500[22] 5,500[21] 4,500 to MEO Partially reusable (drone ship)
22,000[21] 8,300[21] 4,020 to TMI[21] Expendable
Falcon Heavy[23]   United States SpaceX 70 m 30,000[24] 8,000[25] N/A Partially reusable 11[26]   Kennedy 2018 2024
63,800[26] 26,700[26] 16,800 to TMI[26] Expendable
Firefly Alpha   United States Firefly Aerospace 29 m 1,030[27] N/A 630 to SSO[27] Expendable 5[28]   VAFB,
  CCSFS 		2021 2024
Gravity-1   China Orienspace 31.4 m 6,500[29] N/A 4,200 to SSO[29] Expendable 1[29]   OMSP 2024 2024
GSLV Mk II   India ISRO 49.1 m 6,000[30] 2,250[30] N/A Expendable 10[31]   SDSC 2010 2024
H-IIA 202   Japan Mitsubishi 53 m 10,000[32] 4,000[32] 5,100 to SSO[e] Expendable 34[34]   TNSC 2001 2024
H3-22S   Japan Mitsubishi 57 m N/A[35] 3,500 N/A Expendable 3[36]   TNSC 2023 2024
Hyperbola-1 (2)[f]   China i-Space 22.5 m 500[38] N/A 300 to SSO[39] Expendable 6[39]   JSLC 2021 2024
Jielong 1   China CALT 19.5 m N/A N/A 200 to SSO[40] Expendable 1[41]   JSLC 2019 2019
Jielong 3   China CALT 31.8 m N/A N/A 1,500 (500 km SSO)[42] Expendable 4[42]   OMSP 2022 2024
Kinetica 1   China CAS Space 30 m 2,000[43] N/A 1,500 (500 km SSO)[43] Expendable 4[43]   JSLC 2022 2024
Kuaizhou 1A   China ExPace 19.8 m 400[44] N/A 250 to SSO Expendable 27[44]   JSLC,
  TSLC,
  XSLC 		2013[g] 2024
Kuaizhou 11   China ExPace 25.3 m 1,500[45] N/A 1,000 to SSO[45] Expendable 3[46]   JSLC 2020 2024
Long March 2C   China CALT 38.8 m 3,850[47] 1,250[47] 1,900 to SSO[47] Expendable 71   JSLC,
  TSLC,
  XSLC 		1982 2024
Long March 2C / YZ-1S   China CALT 38.8 m N/A N/A 2,000 to SSO[48] Expendable 8[48]   JSLC,
  XSLC 		2018 2024
Long March 2D   China SAST 41.1 m 4,000[49] N/A 1,300 to SSO[50] Expendable 89[51][52]   JSLC,
  TSLC,
  XSLC 		1992 2024
Long March 2D / YZ-3   China SAST 41.1 m N/A N/A 2,000 to SSO Expendable 3[53]   JSLC,
  XSLC 		2018 2024
Long March 2F   China CALT 62 m 8,400[54] N/A N/A Expendable 24[55][56][57]   JSLC 1999 2024
Long March 3A   China CALT 52.5 m 6,000[58] 2,600[58] 5,000 to SSO
1,420 to TLI[58] 		Expendable 27[58]   XSLC 1994 2018
Long March 3B/E   China CALT 56.3 m 11,500[59] 5,500[59] 6,900 to SSO
3,500 to TLI[59] 		Expendable 84[59]   XSLC 2007 2024
Long March 3B/E / YZ-1   China CALT 56.3 m N/A N/A 2,200 to MEO Expendable 15[60]   XSLC 2015 2024
Long March 3C   China CALT 54.8 m 9,100[61] 3,800[61] 6,500 to SSO
2,300 to TLI[59] 		Expendable 18[62][61]   XSLC 2008 2021
Long March 3C / YZ-1   China CALT 54.8 m N/A N/A N/A Expendable 2[63]   XSLC 2015 2016
Long March 4B   China SAST 44.1 m 4,200[64] 1,500[64] 2,800 to SSO[64] Expendable 51[64]   JSLC,
  TSLC 		1999 2024
Long March 4C   China SAST 45.8 m 4,200[65] 1,500[65] 2,800 to SSO[65] Expendable 55[65]   JSLC,
  TSLC,
  XSLC 		2006 2024
Long March 5   China CALT 56.9 m ~ 25,000[66] ~ 14,000[66] 15,000 to SSO
4,500 to GEO
8,200 to TLI
6,000 to TMI[67][68] 		Expendable 7[67]   WSLS 2017 2024
Long March 5 / YZ-2   China CALT 56.9 m N/A N/A 4,500 to GEO[69] Expendable 1[69]   WSLS 2016 2016
Long March 5B   China CALT 56.9 m 23,000[70] N/A N/A Expendable 4[70]   WSLS 2020 2022
Long March 6   China SAST 29 m 1,500[71] N/A 1,080 to SSO[71] Expendable 13[71]   TSLC 2015 2024
Long March 6A   China SAST 50 m 8,000[72] N/A 4,500 to SSO[73] Expendable 8[73]   TSLC 2022 2024
Long March 6C   China CALT 43 m 4,500 N/A 2,400 to SSO[74] Expendable 1[75]   TSLC 2024 2024
Long March 7   China CALT 53.1 m 13,500[76] N/A 5,500 to SSO[77] Expendable 7[78]   WSLS 2017 2024
Long March 7 / YZ-1A   China CALT 53.1 m N/A N/A 9,500 to SSO Expendable 1[79]   WSLS 2016 2016
Long March 7A   China CALT 60.13 m N/A 7,000[77] 5,000 to TLI Expendable 8[80]   WSLS 2020 2024
Long March 8 822[81]   China CALT 50.34 m 7,600[82] 2,500[82] 4,500 to SSO[82]
1,500 to TLI 		Expendable 2[82]   WSLS 2020 2024
Long March 8 820[81]   China CALT 48 m 4,500 N/A 3,000 to SSO Expendable 1[83]   WSLS 2022 2022
Long March 11   China CALT 20.8 m 700[84] N/A 350 to SSO[84] Expendable 12[84]   JSLC,
  XSLC 		2015 2023
Long March 11H   China CALT 20.8 m 700[84] N/A 350 to SSO[84] Expendable 5[84]   OMSP 2019 2023
LVM 3   India ISRO 43.4 m 10,000[85] 4,000[85] 3,000 to TLI Expendable 6[86]   SDSC 2017[h] 2023
Minotaur-C-XL-3210   United States Northrop Grumman 27.9 m 1,275[88] N/A 880 to SSO[88] Expendable 2[88]  VAFB 2004 2017
Minotaur I   United States Northrop Grumman 19.2 m 580[89] N/A ~ 430 to SSO[89]
400 to Polar[90] 		Expendable 12[i][90]   MARS,
  VAFB 		2000 2021
Minotaur IV   United States Northrop Grumman 23.9 m 1,735[91] N/A 1,170 to Polar[91] Expendable 2[91][j]   MARS,
  VAFB 		2010 2020
Minotaur IV / HAPS   United States Northrop Grumman 23.9 m N/A N/A N/A Expendable 1[93]   KLC 2010 2010
Minotaur IV / Orion 38   United States Northrop Grumman 23.9 m N/A N/A N/A Expendable 1[94]   CCSFS 2017 2017
Minotaur

IV+

  United States Northrop Grumman 23.9 m 1,950[95] N/A 1,430 to Polar[95] Expendable 1[95]   KLC 2011 2011
Minotaur V   United States Northrop Grumman 24.6 m N/A 678[96] 465 to HCO[96] Expendable 1[96]   MARS 2013 2013
Nuri (KSLV-II)   South Korea KARI 47.2 m 3,300[97] N/A 1,900 to SSO[97] Expendable 3[98]   Naro 2021 2023
Pegasus XL   United States Northrop Grumman 16.9 m 475[99] 125[99] ~ 325 to SSO[100]
365 to Polar[99] 		Expendable 29[99]   CCSFS,
  VAFB,
  MARS,
  Gando,
  Kwajalein Atoll 		1994 2021
Pegasus XL / HAPS   United States Northrop Grumman 16.9 m 500[101] N/A N/A Expendable 6[101]   VAFB,
  MARS 		1997 2005
Proton-M   Russia Khrunichev 57.2 m 23,700[102] N/A N/A Expendable 1[103]   Baikonur 2021 2021
Proton-M / Briz-M   Russia Khrunichev 58.2 m N/A 6,300[104] 3,300 to GEO[104] Expendable 101[104]   Baikonur 2001 2023
Proton-M / Blok DM-03   Russia Khrunichev 57.2 m N/A 6,000[102] 3,200 to GEO[105] Expendable 7[106]   Baikonur 2010 2023
PSLV-CA   India ISRO 44.4 m 2,100[107] N/A 1,100 to SSO[107] Expendable 17[108][107]   SDSC 2007 2023
PSLV-DL   India ISRO 44.4 m N/A N/A 1,257 to SSO[109] Expendable 4[110]   SDSC 2019 2024
PSLV-QL   India ISRO 44.4 m N/A N/A 1,523 to SSO[109] Expendable 2[111]   SDSC 2019 2019
PSLV-XL   India ISRO 44.4 m 3,800[112] 1,300[112] 1,750 to SSO[112]
550 to TMI[113] 		Expendable 25[112]   SDSC 2008 2023
Qaem 100   Iran IRGC 15.5 m 80[114] N/A N/A Expendable 3[114][k]   Shahrud 2023 2024
Qased   Iran IRGC 18.8 m 40[115] N/A N/A Expendable 3[115]   Shahrud 2020 2023
Shavit-2   Israel IAI 22.1 m 380 in Retrograde[116] N/A N/A Expendable 6[117]   Palmachim 2007 2023
Simorgh   Iran Iranian Space Agency 26 m 350[118] N/A N/A Expendable 6[118][l]   Semnan 2017 2024
Soyuz-2.1a   Russia TsSKB-Progress 51.4 m 7,020 from Baikonur
6,830 from Plesetsk
7,150 from Vostochny[119] 		N/A N/A Expendable 49[120][m]   Baikonur,
  Plesetsk 		2013 2024
Soyuz-2.1a / Fregat   Russia TsSKB-Progress 46.9 m N/A N/A 4,450 to SSO[121] Expendable 21[121]   Baikonur,
  Vostochny 		2006 2023
Soyuz-2.1a / Volga   Russia TsSKB-Progress 46.9 m N/A N/A N/A Expendable 1[122]   Baikonur,
  Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2016 2016
Soyuz-2.1b   Russia TsSKB-Progress 44.1 m 8,200 from Baikonur
7,850 from Plesetsk
8,320 from Vostochny[119] 		N/A N/A Expendable 17[123]   Baikonur,
  Plesetsk 		2008 2024
Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat   Russia TsSKB-Progress 46.7 m 5,500[124] 3,060[124] 4,900 to SSO
1,200 to HCO[124] 		Expendable 54[124]   Baikonur,
  Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2006 2024
Soyuz-2.1v   Russia TsSKB-Progress 44.1 m 2,800[125] N/A 2,630 to polar[125] Expendable 5[125]   Plesetsk 2018 2024
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga   Russia TsSKB-Progress 44.1 m N/A N/A 1,400 to SSO[126] Expendable 7[126]   Plesetsk 2013 2022
SLS Block 1   United States NASA Boeing
Northrop Grumman 		98 m 95,000[127] N/A 27,000+ to TLI[127] Expendable 1[128]   KSC 2022 2022
SSLV   India ISRO 34 m 500[129] N/A 300 to SSO[130] Expendable 3[130]   SDSC 2022 2024
Tianlong-2   China Space Pioneer 32.8 m 2,000[131] N/A 1,500 to SSO[131] Expendable 1[131]   JSLC 2023 2023
Vega-C   Europe  Italy ArianeGroupAvio 36.2 m 3,300[132] N/A 2,470 to SSO[133] 2,300 to polar[132] Expendable 2[134]   CSG 2022 2022
Zhuque-2 B1   China LandSpace 49.5 m 4,000 N/A 1,500 to SSO[135] Expendable 3[136]   JSLC 2022 2023
  1. ^ Suborbital flight tests and on-pad explosions are excluded, but launches failing en route to orbit are included.
  2. ^ for Starliner[9]
  3. ^ Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[12]
  4. ^ Sea-launched version of the third unofficial iteration of the Ceres-1 launch vehicle.
  5. ^ 5,100 kg to a 500-km Sun-synchronous orbit; 3,300 kg to 800 km[33]: 64–65 
  6. ^ Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.[37]
  7. ^ A suborbital test flight was conducted in March 2012.[44]
  8. ^ A suborbital test flight was conducted in 2014 (designated LVM-3/CARE) without the cryogenic upper stage (CUS).[87]
  9. ^ A suborbital mission was conducted in 2024.
  10. ^ Additionally, two suborbital missions were conducted in 2010 and 2011.[92]
  11. ^ A suborbital test flight succeeded in 2022.
  12. ^ A suborbital test flight succeeded in 2016.[118]
  13. ^ Suborbital test flight in 2004, without Fregat upper stage.[120]

Rockets in flight testing

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Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Maximum payload mass
(kg) 		Reusable / Expendable Orbital
launches
including
failures[a] 		Suborbital test flights Launch site(s) Dates of flight
LEO GTO Other First Latest
Starship Block 1[137]   United States SpaceX 121 m 40,000–50,000[138] N/A N/A Reusable 0 5   Starbase 2023 2024
Angara A5 / Orion   Russia Khrunichev 54.9 m N/A 6,500[1] 3,700 to GEO[1] Expendable 1[1]   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2024 2024
Angara A5 / Persei   Russia Khrunichev 54.9 m N/A 6,500[1] 3,700 to GEO[1] Expendable 1[1]   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2021 2021
GYUB TV2   South Korea MND 19.5 m 100[139] N/A N/A Expendable 1[139]   Jeju sea launch platform 2023 2023
KAIROS   Japan Space One 18 m 250[140] N/A 150 to SSO[140] Expendable 1[141]   Spaceport Kii 2024 2024
New-type satellite carrier rocket[142]   North Korea
  Russia 		NADA

Khrunichev

N/A N/A N/A N/A Expendable 1[143][142]   Sohae 2024 2024
Vulcan Centaur VC2   United States ULA 61.6 m 19,000[144] 8,400[144] 15,200 to polar 3,900 to MEO 2,600 to GEO 6,300 to TLI[144] Expendable 2[145]   CCSFS 2024 2024

Upcoming rockets

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Upcoming launch vehicles

Vehicle Origin Manufacturer Height Payload mass to ... (kg) Reusable / Expendable Launch Site (s) Date of first flight
LEO GTO Other
Agnibaan   India AgniKul Cosmos 18 m 150 N/A 90 to SSO Expendable   SDSC 2025
Angara A5 / KVTK   Russia Khrunichev N/A N/A 7,500 N/A Expendable   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2028
Angara A5M   Russia Khrunichev N/A 26,800 4,100-5,200 N/A Expendable   Plesetsk,
  Vostochny 		2027
Angara A5P   Russia Khrunichev N/A 18,800 N/A N/A Expendable   Vostochny 2028
Angara A5V   Russia Khrunichev N/A 37,500[146] N/A N/A Expendable   Vostochny 2028
Antares 330   United States Northrop Grumman

Firefly Aerospace[b]

47 m 10,800[147] N/A N/A Expendable   MARS 2025[148]
Ariane 6 A64   Europe ArianeGroup 63 m 21,650[4]: 46  11,500+ [4]: 33  14,900 to SSO
5,000 to GEO
8,400 to HEO
8,500 to TLI [4]: 40–49  		Expendable   CSG 2024[149]
Aurora   Canada Reaction Dynamics 18 m 200 N/A TBA Expendable   Nova Scotia 2025
Aventura 1   Argentina TLON Space 10 m 25 N/A N/A N/A   Launch platform 2025
Blue Whale 1   South Korea Perigee Aerospace 21 m 165[150] N/A 185 to SSO Partially reusable   CETACEA 1 sea launch platform[151]  Esrange 2024[152]
195[150] 220 to SSO Expendable
Cosmos   Russia SR space 18.5 m 390 N/A 310 to SSO N/A   Vostochny,
  Yasny 		TBA
Cyclone-4M   Ukraine Yuzhnoye
Yuzhmash 		38.7 m 5,000[153] 1,000[154] 3,350 to SSO[153] Expendable   Nova Scotia 2025[155]
Dauntless   United States Vaya Space 35 m 1,100[156] N/A 600 to SSO Expendable   CCSFS,
  The Spaceport Company Launch Platform 		2026[156]
Daytona I   United States Phantom Space 18 m 180 N/A 53 to SSO Expendable   VSFB,
  CCSFS,
  ASC 		2025[157]
Epsilon S   Japan JAXA 27.2 m 1,400 N/A 600 to SSO Expendable   KSC 2025[158]
Eris Block 1   Australia Gilmour Space Technologies 25 m 305[159] N/A N/A Expendable   Bowen 2024[160]
Gravity-2   China Orienspace 60 m 8,600–16,000 5,800 10,900 to SSO Partially reusable   WSLS 2025[161]
Hanbit-Nano   South Korea Innospace 17 m[162] 150 N/A 90 Expendable   CEA,
  Andøya,
  ASC 		2025[163]
Hyperbola-3   China i-Space 69 m 8,500 N/A N/A Partially reusable   JSLC 2025[164]
13,400 Expendable
H3-22L   Japan Mitsubishi 63 m N/A[35] N/A N/A Expendable   TNSC TBA
H3-24L   Japan Mitsubishi 63 m N/A N/A 6,500 to TLI Expendable   TNSC 2024[165]
H3-30S   Japan Mitsubishi 57 m N/A[35] N/A 4,000 to SSO Expendable   TNSC TBA
Jielong 4   China CALT N/A N/A N/A N/A Expendable N/A TBA
KSLV-III   South Korea KARI 54 m 10,000 3,500 7,000 to SSO

1,800 to TLI

Expendable   Naro 2030
Long March 8A   China CALT 50.3 m N/A N/A 6,800 to SSO Expendable   WSLS TBA
Long March 9   China CALT 114 m 80,000–150,000[166] 66,000 53,000 to TLI[166]
40,000 to TMI[167] 		Partially/fully reusable   WSLS 2033[168]
Long March 10   China CALT 89[c]–93.2 m[d] 70,000 N/A 27,000 to TLI Expendable   WSLS TBA
Long March 10A   China CALT 67 m 14,000 N/A N/A Partially reusable   WSLS TBA
18,000 Expendable
Long March 12   China CALT 59 m 10,000 N/A 6,000 to SSO Expendable   WSLS 2024[169]
Maia   France MaiaSpace 50 m N/A N/A N/A Partially reusable   CSG 2025[170]
Miura 5   Spain PLD Space 35.7 m 840 N/A 540 to SSO Partially reusable   CSG 2026[171]
MLV   United States Firefly Aerospace 55.7 m 16,300 3,200 2,300 to TLI[172] Expendable   CCSFS,
  MARS,
  VSFB 		2026[173]
Nebula-1   China Deep Blue Aerospace N/A 1,000 N/A N/A Partially reusable   WSLS 2024[174]
Nebula-2   China Deep Blue Aerospace TBA 20,000 N/A N/A Partially reusable   WSLS 2025[174]
Neutron   United States
  New Zealand 		Rocket Lab 42.8 m 8,000[e]–13,000 N/A N/A Partially reusable   MARS 2025[175]
15,000 Expendable
New Glenn   United States Blue Origin 98 m 45,000[176] 13,000 N/A Partially reusable   CCSFS

  VSFB

2024[177]
NGLV LEO   India ISRO 88 m 7,700[f] N/A N/A Partially reusable   SDSC TBA
9,900 Partially reusable
16,900 Expendable
NGLV GEO   India ISRO 92 m N/A 5,200 N/A Partially reusable   SDSC TBA
25,000 8,900 Expendable
Nova   United States Stoke Space 28.5 m 1,500 N/A N/A Fully reusable   CCSFS TBA
OB-1 Mk1   France HyPrSpace 11 m 200 N/A N/A Expendable   CSG 2026[178]
Pallas-1   China Galactic Energy 42 m 5,000 N/A 3,000 to SSO Partially reusable   WSLS / TSLC 2024[179]
Prime   United Kingdom Orbex 19 m 180 N/A 100 to SSO[g][180] Expendable   Sutherland 2025[181]
RFA One   Germany RFA 30 m 1,600[182] 450[182] 1,300 to SSO Expendable   SaxaVord,
  Andøya,
  CSG,
  Whalers Way 		2025[183]
Rokot-M   Russia Khrunichev N/A 1,950 N/A N/A Expendable   Plesetsk 2024[184]
ŞİMŞEK-1   Turkey Roketsan N/A 400 N/A N/A Expendable   İğneada 2027
Siraya   Taiwan TASA 25 m 200 N/A N/A Expendable N/A TBA
Sirius 1   France Sirius Space 24.7 m N/A N/A 175 to SSO Expendable N/A 2025
Skyrora XL   United Kingdom Skyrora 22.7 m 315 N/A 315 to SSO[185] Expendable   SaxaVord,
  Nova Scotia 		2025[186]
GYUB[187]   South Korea MND 26.8 m 500[188] N/A N/A Expendable   Jeju sea launch platform N/A
SLS Block 1B[h]   United States NASA / Boeing
Northrop Grumman 		111 m 105,000[189] N/A 37,000 to TLI[190] Expendable   KSC 2028
SLS Block 2[i]   United States NASA / Boeing
Northrop Grumman 		111 m 130,000[191] N/A 45,000 to HCO[190] Expendable   KSC 2033
SL1   Germany HyImpulse 30 m 500 N/A N/A Expendable   SaxaVord,
  CSG,
  Whalers Way 		2025
Soyuz-5 (Irtysh)   Russia TsSKB-Progress
RSC Energia 		61.87 m 18,000[192] N/A 2,500 to GEO Expendable   Baikonur 2025[193]
Soyuz-7 (Amur)   Russia JSC SRC Progress 55 m 10,500[194] 2,600 4,700 to SSO Partially reusable   Vostochny 2028
13,600[194] Expendable
Spectrum   Germany Isar Aerospace 28 m 1,000[195] N/A 700 to SSO[195] Expendable   CSG,
  Andøya 		2025[196]
Starship Block 2[137]   United States SpaceX 124.4 m[138] 100,000[138] N/A N/A Fully reusable[138][197]   Starbase 2025
Starship Block 3[138]   United States SpaceX 150 m[138] 200,000[138] N/A N/A Fully reusable[138][197]   Starbase TBA
Terran R   United States Relativity Space 82 m 23,500 5,500[198] N/A Partially reusable   CCSFS 2026[198]
33,500 Expendable
Tianlong-3   China Space Pioneer 71 m 17,000 N/A 14,000 to SSO Partially reusable   JSLC,
  WSLS 		2024[174]
Tronador II-250   Argentina CONAE 27 m 500 N/A N/A Expendable   BNPB 2030
Vega-E   Europe ESA ASI 36.2 m 3,000[199] N/A N/A Expendable   CSG 2026
Vikram 1[200]   India Skyroot Aerospace[201] 20 m 315 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO N/A 200 to 500 km SSPO Expendable   SDSC 2024[202]
Vikram 2[200]   India Skyroot Aerospace N/A 520 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO N/A 410 to 500 km SSPO Expendable   SDSC TBA
Vikram 3[200]   India Skyroot Aerospace N/A 720 to 45º inclination 500 km LEO N/A 580 to 500 km SSPO Expendable   SDSC TBA
Volans V500   Singapore Equatorial Space Systems N/A 150 N/A N/A Expendable N/A 2026
Vulcan Centaur VC0   United States ULA 61.6 m 10,800 3,500 2,300 to TLI Expendable   VSFB,
  CCSFS 		TBA
Vulcan Centaur VC4   United States ULA 61.6 m 24,600 11,700 4,900 to GEO
9,200 to TLI 		Expendable   VSFB,
  CCSFS 		2024[203]
Vulcan Centaur VC6   United States ULA 61.6 m 27,200[204] 14,400[204] 6,500 to GEO
11,500 to TLI 		Expendable   VSFB,
  CCSFS 		2025
Zephyr   France Latitude 19 m 100 N/A 80 to SSO Expendable   SaxaVord 2025
Zero   Japan Interstellar Technologies 32 m 800 N/A 250 to SSO Expendable   Taiki 2025
Zhuque-2 B2   China LandSpace 49.5 m 6,000[136] N/A 4,000 to SSO[136] Expendable   JSLC TBA
Zhuque-3   China LandSpace 76.6 m 12,500 (RTLS)[174] N/A N/A Partially reusable   JSLC,
  WSLS 		2025[174]
18,300 (barge)[174] Partially reusable
21,000[205] Expendable
Zuljanah   Iran Iranian Space Agency 25.5 m 220[206] N/A N/A Expendable   Semnan TBA
  1. ^ Suborbital flight tests and on-pad explosions are excluded, but launches failing en route to orbit are included.
  2. ^ provides the first stage, including engines
  3. ^ Height for uncrewed version
  4. ^ Height for crewed version
  5. ^ When first stage returned to launch site
  6. ^ When first stage returned to launch site
  7. ^ Reference altitude 500 km
  8. ^ with EUS
  9. ^ with EUS and
    advanced boosters

Retired rockets

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Main article: Comparison of retired orbital launch systems

Launch systems by country

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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

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Notes

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  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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