List of orbital launch systems

Further information: Comparison of orbital launch systems

This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit.

Argentina

• ORBIT II – Retired^[1]
• TRONADOR – Under Development^[2]

Australia

• AUSROC IV – Retired
• Austral Launch Vehicle – Under Development
• Eris (Gilmour Space Technologies) – Under Development

Brazil

• VLS-1 – Retired
• VLM – Under Development

Canada

• Aurora - Under Development^[3]

China

Several rockets of the Long March family

Long March 2F

Long March 5

Zhuque-2

CASC Launchers

• Long March
  • Long March 1 – Retired
    • Long March 1D
  • Long March 2
    • Long March 2A – Retired
    • Long March 2C
    • Long March 2D
    • Long March 2E – Retired
    • Long March 2F – Retired
      • Long March 2F/G
      • Long March 2F/T
  • Long March 3 – Retired
    • Long March 3A – Retired
    • Long March 3B – Retired
      • Long March 3B/E
    • Long March 3C – Retired
      • Long March 3C/E
  • Long March 4
    • Long March 4A – Retired
    • Long March 4B
    • Long March 4C
  • Long March 5
    • Long March 5B
  • Long March 6
    • Long March 6A
    • Long March 6C
  • Long March 7
    • Long March 7A
  • Long March 8
    • Long March 8A
  • Long March 9 – Under Development
  • Long March 10– Under Development
    • Long March 10A
  • Long March 11
  • Long March 12

Other

• Feng Bao 1 – Retired
• Ceres-1
  • Ceres-1S
  • Ceres-2 - Under development
• Gravity
  • Gravity-1
  • Gravity-2 – Under development
• Hyperbola-1
  • Hyperbola-3
• Jielong
  • Jielong 1
  • Jielong 3
• Kaituozhe-1 – Retired
• Kuaizhou
  • Kuaizhou 1 - Retired
  • Kuaizhou 1A - Retired
  • Kuaizhou 1A Pro
  • Kuaizhou 11
• Tianlong-2
  • Tianlong-3
• Zhuque
  • Zhuque-1 – Retired
  • Zhuque-2 - Retired
  • Zhuque-2E
  • Zhuque-3 – Under Development
• Kinetica 1
  • Kinetica 2 - Under development

European Union

Ariane 5

• Ariane
  • Ariane 1 – Retired
  • Ariane 2 – Retired
  • Ariane 3 – Retired
  • Ariane 4 – Retired
  • Ariane 5 – Retired
  • Ariane 6 – Operational
  • Ariane Next – Under Development
• Europa – Retired
  • Europa I – Retired
  • Europa II – Retired
• Maia – Under Development
• Vega
  • Vega – Retired
  • Vega-C – Operational
  • Vega-E – Under Development

France

• Diamant – Retired
  • Diamant A – Retired 1965-1967^[4]
  • Diamant B – Retired 1970-1971^[4]
  • Diamant BP4 – Retired 1972-1975^[4]
• Zéphyr (Latitude) – Under Development

Germany

• OTRAG – Retired
• Spectrum (Isar Aerospace) – Under Development^[5]
• RFA One (Rocket Factory Augsburg AG) – Under Development
• SL1 (HyImpulse) – Under Development

India

See also: Space industry of India

ISRO's launch vehicles. Left to right: SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV, LVM3

RLV

Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV)

Vikram series, the under development orbital class launch family of Skyroot Aerospace in comparison with already flown Vikram S, the sounding rocket

ISRO/DoS systems

• SLV-3 – Retired
• Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired
• Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
  • PSLV-G – Retired
  • PSLV-CA – Operational
  • PSLV-XL – Operational
  • PSLV-DL – Operational
  • PSLV-QL – Operational
• Geosychronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
  • GSLV Mark I – Retired
  • GSLV Mark II – Operational
  • RLV TD: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign.^[6][7][8]
• Launch Vehicle Mark III (LVM-3)
  • LVM 3 – Operational
  • Human-rated LVM 3 – Under development
  • LVM 3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development
• Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – Operational
• Nano Satellite Launch Vehicle (NSLV) – Under development
• Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) – Under development^[9][10]

Private agencies

• Vikram (Skyroot Aerospace):
  • Vikram I – Under Development
  • Vikram II – Proposed
  • Vikram III – Proposed

Agnibaan

• Agnibaan (AgniKul Cosmos) – Under Development
• Garuda-I (MTAR) - Under development
• Razor Crest Mk I (EtherealX) - Proposed

Iran

Simorgh SLV

• Safir – Retired
• Simorgh – Operational
• Qased – Operational
• Qaem 100 – Operational
• Qaem 105 – Under Development
• Zuljanah – Operational

Iraq

• Al Abid – Abandoned in R&D phase^[11]

Israel

• Shavit 2

Italy

• SISPRE C-41 – Retired
• Italian LTV SCOUT (jointly with United States of America) – Retired
• AERITALIA/SNIA/BPD ALFA – Retired
• ALENIA/SNIA-BPD SAN MARCO SCOUT (jointly with NASA) – Cancelled
• Vega (jointly with European Space Agency)
  • Vega – Retired
  • Vega-C – Operational
• T4i Odyssey – Under Development

Japan

Mu rockets

H-II series

Εpsilon

Active

• H3 (JAXA)
• KAIROS (Space One)

Inactive

• Lambda (ISAS) – Retired
  • L-4S
• Mu (ISAS) – Retired
  • M-4S [ja]^[12]
  • M-3C [ja]^[13]
  • M-3H [ja]^[14]
  • M-3S [ja; pl]^[15]
  • M-3SII [ja; pl]^[16]
  • M-V
• N (NASDA) – Retired
  • N-I
  • N-II
• H-I (NASDA) – Retired
• H-II — Retired
  • H-II (NASDA)
  • H-IIA (JAXA)
  • H-IIB (JAXA)
• J-I (NASDA/ISAS) – Retired
• GX (Galaxy Express) – Cancelled
• Epsilon (JAXA) – Retired
  • Epsilon S (JAXA) – Under Development
• SS-520 (JAXA) – Retired
• ZERO (Interstellar Technologies) – Under Development
• DECA (Interstellar Technologies) – Under Development

Malaysia

• DNLV (Independence-X Aerospace) – Under Development

New Zealand

• Electron (Rocket Lab, developed in New Zealand^[17] and the United States)
• Neutron – Under Development

North Korea

• Chollima-1
• Paektusan-1 – Retired
• Unha
  • Unha-2 – Retired
  • Unha-3

Taiwan

• TSLV – Under Development^[18][19]
• Hapith V – Under Development^[20][21]
• HTTP-3a – Under Development^[22]

Philippines

• Haribon SLS-1 (OrbitX) – Under Development

Romania

• Haas – Under Development

Singapore

• Volans (Equatorial Space Systems) – Under Development

Soviet Union and successor states (Russia and Ukraine)

Russia/USSR

Proton-K

Soyuz-FG

Dnepr-1

Angara Family

• Angara
• CORONA (SSTO) – Open
• Kosmos – Retired
  • Kosmos-1
  • Kosmos-2I
  • Kosmos-3
  • Kosmos-3M
• Lin Industrial projects^[23]
  • Adler – Under Development^[24]
  • Aldan – Under Development^[25]
  • Aniva – Under Development^[26]
  • Taymyr – Under Development^[27]
  • Vyuga – Under Development
• N1 – Retired
• R-7
  • Luna – Retired
  • Molniya – Retired
    • Molniya-M
    • Molniya-L
  • Polyot – Retired
  • Soyuz family
    • Soyuz – Retired
      • Soyuz-L
      • Soyuz-M
      • Soyuz-U – Retired
        • Soyuz-U2
        • Soyuz-FG
      • Soyuz-2
        • Soyuz 2.1A
        • Soyuz 2.1B
        • Soyuz 2.1V – Retired
  • Sputnik – Retired
  • Stalker (rocket)^[28]
  • Voskhod – Retired
  • Vostok – Retired
    • Vostok-L
    • Vostok-K
    • Vostok-2
    • Vostok-2M
    • Soyuz/Vostok
• R-29
  • Shtil'
  • Volna
• Rus-M – Canceled
• Start-1
• Universal Rocket
  • UR-100
    • Rokot
    • Strela
  • Proton (UR-500) – Retired
    • Proton-K
    • Proton-M
• Energia – Retired

Ukraine

• Zenit
  • Zenit 2 – Retired
  • Zenit-2M – Retired
  • Zenit-3SL
  • Zenit 3SLB
  • Zenit-3F
• R-36
  • Dnepr
  • Tsyklon
    • Tsyklon-2 – Retired
    • Tsyklon-3 – Retired
    • Tsyklon-4 – Abandoned
      • Cyclone-4M – Under Development^[29]

South Africa

• RSA – Cancelled
  • RSA-1
  • RSA-2
  • RSA-3
• CHEETAH-1 – Under Development^[30]

South Korea

• HANBIT family (Innospace) – Under Development^[31]
  • HANBIT-Nano
  • HANBIT-Micro
  • HANBIT-Mini
• Blue Whale 1 (Perigee Aerospace) – Under Development
• Naro family
  • KSLV-1 (Naro) – Retired^[32][33]
  • KSLV-2 (Nuri)
• Solid fueled LV family
  • Solid fueled TV2
  • Solid fueled LV – Under Development

Spain

• INTA Family
  • INTA Capricornio – Cancelled
  • INTA Programa PILUM – Under Development
• PLD Space Family
  • PLD Space Miura Next – Under development
  • PLD Space Miura 5 – Under development
  • PLD Space Miura 1 – Operational^[34]
• Pangea Aerospace Family
  • Pangea Aerospace Meso – Under development
• Zero 2 Infinity Family
  • Zero 2 Infinity Bloostar – Under development
• Celestia Aerospace Family
  • Celestia Aerospace Sagittarius – Under development

Turkey

• UFS – Under Development since 2007^[35]

United Kingdom

• Black Arrow – Retired
• Black Prince – Cancelled^[36]
• Prime (Orbex) – Under Development^[37]
• Skyrora XL (Skyrora) – Under Development^[38]
• Skylon (Reaction Engines) – Under Development

United States

Main article: List of United States rockets

Active

Atlas rockets

Delta rockets

Falcon rockets and Starship

• Alpha (Firefly Aerospace)
• Antares (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
• Atlas V (United Launch Alliance)(Nearing Retirement)
• Electron (Rocket Lab) (New Zealand/United States company)
• Minotaur (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
  • Minotaur I
  • Minotaur IV
  • Minotaur V
  • Minotaur-C
• Pegasus (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
• RS1 (ABL Space Systems)
• Space Launch System (NASA)
• SpaceX launch vehicles
  • Falcon 9 Block 5 – Operational
  • Falcon Heavy – Operational
  • Starship – In testing
• New Glenn (Blue Origin)^[39]
• Vulcan Centaur (United Launch Alliance)

Inactive

Comparison of Saturn V, Space Shuttle, three Ares rockets, and SLS Block 1

Titan rockets

• Ares – Canceled
  • Ares I
  • Ares IV
  • Ares V
• Astra Space launch vehicles
  • Rocket 3 – Retired
  • Rocket 4 – Under development
• Athena – Retired
  • Athena I
  • Athena II
• Atlas
  • Atlas B – Retired
  • Atlas D – Retired
  • Atlas-Able – Retired
  • Atlas-Agena – Retired
  • Atlas E/F – Retired
  • Atlas H – Retired
  • Atlas LV-3B – Retired
  • Atlas SLV-3 – Retired
  • Atlas-Centaur – Retired
    • Atlas G – Retired
    • Atlas I – Retired
    • Atlas II – Retired
    • Atlas III – Retired
• Conestoga – Retired
• LauncherOne
• Minotaur
  • Minotaur I
  • Minotaur IV
  • Minotaur V
  • Minotaur-C
• OmegA – Canceled
• Orbital Accelerator (SpinLaunch) – Under Development^[40]
• Phantom Express – Canceled
• Pilot – Retired
• Redstone – Retired
  • Juno I
  • Sparta
• Jupiter
  • Juno II
• Relativity Space launch vehicles
  • Terran 1 – Retired
  • Terran R – Under Development
• Saturn
  • Saturn I – Retired 1961-1963^[41][42]
    • Saturn IB – Retired 1966-1975^[43][44]
  • Saturn V – Retired 1967-1973^[45]
• Scout – Retired
  • Scout X-1
  • Scout X-2
  • Scout X-2B
  • Scout X-2M
  • Scout X-3
  • Scout X-3M
  • Scout X-4
  • Scout A
  • Scout A-1
  • Scout B
  • Scout B-1
  • Scout D-1
  • Scout E-1
  • Scout F-1
  • Scout G-1
• Space Shuttle – Retired
• SpaceX launch vehicles
  • Falcon 1 – Retired
  • Falcon 1e – Canceled
  • Falcon 5 – Canceled
  • Falcon 9
    • Falcon 9 Air – Canceled
    • Falcon 9 v1.0 – Retired
    • Falcon 9 v1.1 – Retired
    • Falcon 9 Full Thrust – Retired
  • Super Heavy (booster) – In testing
• Thor – Retired
  • Thor-Able – Retired
  • Thor-Ablestar – Retired
  • Thor-Agena – Retired
    • Thorad-Agena – Retired
  • Thor-Burner – Retired
  • Thor DSV-2U – Retired
  • Delta
    • Thor-Delta – Retired
    • Delta A – Retired
    • Delta B – Retired
    • Delta C – Retired
    • Delta D – Retired
    • Delta E – Retired
    • Delta G – Retired
    • Delta J – Retired
    • Delta L – Retired
    • Delta M – Retired
    • Delta N – Retired
    • Delta II – Retired
    • Delta III – Retired
    • Delta IV – Retired
    • Delta IV Heavy – Retired
• Titan – Retired
  • Titan II GLV
  • Titan 23G
  • Titan IIIA
  • Titan IIIB
  • Titan IIIC
  • Titan IIID
  • Titan IIIE
  • Titan 34D
  • Commercial Titan III
  • Titan IV
• Vanguard – Retired
• Vector-R – Under Development
• Vector-H – Under Development

See also

• Comparison of orbital launch systems
• Comparison of orbital launcher families
• Lists of orbital launch vehicles by payload capacity:
  • Small-lift launch vehicle (up to 2,000 kg to Low Earth Orbit (LEO))
  • Medium-lift launch vehicle (from 2,000 to 20,000 kg to LEO)
  • Heavy-lift launch vehicle (from 20,000 to 50,000 kg to LEO)
  • Super heavy-lift launch vehicle (beyond 50,000 kg to LEO)