Comparison of orbital launcher families

This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries). The article is organized into two tables: the first contains a list of currently active and under-development launcher families, while the second contains a list of retired launcher families.

A Saturn V rocket, one of the most powerful operational launch vehicles to date

The related article "Comparison of orbital launch systems" lists each individual launcher system within any given launcher family, categorized by its current operational status.

This article does not include suborbital launches (i.e. flights which were not intended to reach LEO or VLEO).

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)
• 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

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  Active or undergoing orbital test flights

  Under-development

Family		Country/Org.	Manufac.	Payload (kg)			Cost (US$, millions)	Launches reaching...				Status	Date of flight		Notes	Refs
				LEO	GTO	TLI		Total	Space	Any orbit	Target orbit		First	Last
Agnibaan		IND	AgniKul Cosmos	100	--	--	--					Devel.	NET 2023		Expected launch in 2022
Alpha		USA	Firefly Aerospace	1,000	—	—	--	6[a]	5	4	2	Active	2021			[1]
Angara		RUS	Khrunichev	3,800–​35,000	3,600–​12,500	--	--	10[b]	10	10	8	Active	2014			[2][3]
Antares		USA	Orbital ATK	8,000	--	--	80[citation needed]	18[c]	17	17	17	Active[d]	2013		Cygnus launcher. Var.: 110, 120, 130, 230, 230+, 330	[4][5][6]
Ariane 6		FRA ESA	ArianeGroup	21,650 (A64 var.)	11,500+ (A64 var.)	8,500 (A64 var.)	115	3[e]	3	3	3	Active	2024		Var.: Ariane 62, Ariane 64.	[7]
Astra Rocket		USA	Astra	50–​150 (to SSO)	—	—	--	7[f]	4	2	2	Active	2020		2 suborbital test launches in 2018.	[8]
Atlas V		USA	ULA	18,850	8,900	2,807	109–​153	103[g]	103	103	103	Active[h]	2002	2029 (planned)	Launched Juno & New Horizons	[9][10]
Blue Whale 1		ROK	Perigee Aerospace	170 (to SSO)	--	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 2024			[11]
Ceres		CHN	Galactic Energy	400 (LEO) 300 (SSO)	--	--	--	20[i]	19	19	19	Active	2020		Var.: Ceres-1, Ceres-1S	[12][13][14]
				1,600[14] (LEO) 1,300 (500 km SSO)	--	--	--								Var.: Ceres-2
Chollima-1		DPRK	NADA	~300	--	--	--	4[j]	2	1	1	Active	2023		UDMH/N2O4 fueled carrier	[15]
Cyclone-4M		UKR	Yuzhnoye Yuzhmash	5,000	1,000	--	--	0				Devel.	unknown			[16]
Darwin-1		CHN	Rocket Pi	300	--	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 2024		methalox launcher	[17]
Electron		NZ USA	Rocket Lab	225			6	67[k]	67	63	63	Active	2017			[18][19]
Epsilon		JPN	IHI Corporation	1,200	--	--	--	6[l]	6	5	5	Active	2013			[20][21]
Eris		AUS	Gilmour Space Technologies	305	--	--	--	1[m]	0	0	0	Active	2025			[22]
Falcon	Falcon 9	USA	SpaceX	22,800	8,300	--	61.2	516[n][o]	514	514	513	Active	2010		Var.: v1.0, v1.1,[p] FT,[q] Block 4, Block 5. Launcher of crewed Dragon capsule.
	Falcon Heavy	USA	SpaceX	63,800	26,700	--	90–​150	11[r]	11	11	11	Active	2018		First test launch 2018-02-06	[25][26][27]
Gravity-1		CHN	Orienspace	6,500 (LEO) 3,700 (700 km SSO)	--	--	--	1[s]	1	1	1	Active	2024		largest solid launcher (3rd stage can be solid/kerolox)	[17][28]
Gravity-2		CHN	Orienspace	25,600 (LEO) 19,100 (SSO)	7,700	--	--	0				Devel.	2025		kerolox (core), solid (boosters); reusable 1st stage	[28]
GSLV Mark II		IND	ISRO	5,000	2,700	--	--	12[t]	11	10	10	Active	2010			[29][30][31]
H3		JPN	Mitsubishi	4,000–28,300 (base-heavy)	7,900–14,800 (base-heavy)	11,900 (heavy)		5[u]	5	4	4	Active	2023		Var.: 30S, 22S, 32L, 24L, heavy[32][33]	[33]
Hyperbola-1		CHN	i-Space	300	--	--		8[v]	6	4	4	Active	2019			[34]
Hyperbola-3		CHN	i-Space	8,500–13,400	--	--		0				Devel.	2025		VTVL	[35]
Jielong 1		CHN	CALT	200 (SSO)	--	--		1[w]	1	1	1	Active	2019			[36]
Jielong 3		CHN	CALT	1,600 (500 km SSO)[37]	--	--	--	6[x]	6	6	6	Active	2022			[37][38][39]
KAIROS		JPN	Space One	250 150 (SSO)	--	--		2[y]	0	0	0	Active	2024			[40]
Kuaizhou (DF-21)		CHN	CASIC	450 (KZ-1A Enhanced)	--	--	--	34[z][aa]	33[ab]	31	31	Active	2013		Var.: KZ-1, KZ-1A, KZ-11; (KZ-21 under development)	[41][42]
				1,500 (KZ-11)	--	--
LauncherOne		USA	Virgin Orbit	300 (SSO)	--	--	--	6[ac]	5	4	4	Susp.[ad]	2020			[43]
Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1)		CHN	CAS Space	1,500 (500 km SSO)	--	--	--	7[ae]	7	6	6	Active	2022		solid fueled carrier	[38][17]
Lijian-2 (Kinetica-2)		CHN	CAS Space	12,000 (LEO) 7800 (SSO)	--	--	--	0				Devel.	2025		kerolox LV. reusable 1st stage	[44][45]
Long March 2–3–4 (DF-5)		CHN	CALT+SAST	12,000	5,500	3,300		498[af][ag]	492[ah]	489	481	Active	1971	See notes	Var.: 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F,[ai] 3, 3A, 3B, 3B/E, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C. See [aj] for retired var. among those listed here.	[47]
Long March 5		CHN	CALT	--	14,000	8,000	--	15[ak]	15	14	14	Active	2016		Var.: CZ-5	[48][49]
				25,000	--	--									Var.: CZ-5B
CZ 6–7–8 family	Long March 6	CHN	SAST	1,500 (LEO) 1,080 (700 lm SSO)	--	--	--	30[al]	30	30	30	Active	2015		Var.: 6	[50][51]
				4,500 (700 km SSO)	--	--									Var.: 6A
				2,400 (500 km SSO)	--	--									Var.: 6C
	Long March 7	CHN	CALT	14,000	--	--	--	20[am]	19	19	19	Active	2016		Var.: 7	[52][53][54]
				--	7,000	--									Var.: 7A
	Long March 8	CHN	CALT	4,500 (SSO)	2,800	> 1,200	--	6[an]	6	6	6	Active	2020		Var.: 8	[53][55][56][57]
				7,000 (700 km SSO)	--	--									Var.: 8A
Long March 9		CHN	CALT	150,000	--	50,000	--	0				Devel.	2033		partly-reusable Super-Heavy carrier	[55][58]
Long March 10		CHN	CALT	70,000 (CZ-10)[59]	--	27,000 (CZ-10)[58]	--	0				Devel.	2026		Human-rated Var.: 10 (3-core, TLI)	[60][61][59][58][62]
				14,000 (CZ-10A, reusable)	--	--									Human-rated Var.: 10A (1-core, LEO, partly reusable)
				18,000 (CZ-10A, expendable)	--	--									Human-rated Var.: 10A (1-core, LEO, expendable)
Long March 11		CHN	CALT	1,000	--	--	--	17[ao]	17	17	17	Active	2015		Likely based on DF-31 missile	[63]
Long March 12		CHN	SAST	12,000 (LEO); 6,000 (700 km SSO)	--	--	--	2[ap]	2	2	2	Active	2024		kerolox LV 3.8 metres diameter	[64][65][66]
LVM3		IND	ISRO	10,000	4,000	2,180	--	6[aq] [ar]	6	6	6	Active	2014		Uprated cryo 2nd stage (C32) and semi-cryo 1st stage (SC120) variants expected	[67][68]
Maia		FRA	MaiaSpace	500 (SSO)	--	--		0				Devel.	2025		Planned first stage reuse	[69]
Minotaur I		USA	Orbital ATK	580	--	--	--	12[as]	12	12	12	Active	2000		Derived from the Minuteman II	[70][71]
Minotaur IV & V		USA	Orbital ATK	1,735	640	447	50	9[at]	9	9	9	Active	2010		Also 2 suborbital launches (HTV-2a). Var.: IV, IV Lite, IV HAPS, V. Derived from Peacekeeper missile	[70][72]
Miura 5		ESP	PLD Space	900	--	--		0				Devel.	NET 2024			[73]
MLV		USA	Firefly Aerospace	14,000	--	--	--	0				Devel.	2025			[74]
Nebula-1		CHN	Deep Blue Aerospace	1,000	--	--		0				Devel.	2024		VTVL (first stage)	[75]
Nebula-2		CHN	Deep Blue Aerospace	20,000	--	--		0				Devel.	2025		kerolox; VTVL (first stage)	[76]
Neutron		NZ USA	Rocket Lab	15,000	--	2,000	50	0				Devel.	2024			[77]
New Glenn		USA	Blue Origin	45,000	13,000	--		1[au]	1	1	1	Active	2025			[78]
New Line 1		CHN	LinkSpace	200 (SSO)	--	--		0				Devel.	unknown			[79]
NGLV (Soorya)		IND	ISRO	30,000[80]	10,000	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 2032		Program approved in 2024	[81]
Nuri		ROK	KARI	1,500	--	--		3[av]	3	2	2	Active	2021			[82][83]
OS-M		CHN	OneSpace	205 (M1)	--	--	--	1[aw]	0	0	0	Active	2019		Var.: M1, M2, M4. Single M1 failed launch; M2 & M4 in development.	[84]
Pallas-1		CHN	Galactic Energy	5,000 3,000 (SSO)	--	--	--	0				Devel.	4th Qt 2025		kerolox LV with reusable 1st stage	[85][45]
Pallas-2		CHN	Galactic Energy	20,000	7,500	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 4th Qt 2026		Var.: 1-core	[86]
				58,000	--	--									Var.: 3-core
Pegasus		USA	Orbital ATK	450	--	--	--	45[ax]	44	42	40	Active	1990			[87]
Pioneer-1 (aka Yuanxingzhe-1 or XZY-1)		CHN	Arrowhead Technology/Space Epoch	6,500 (1,100 km LEO)	--	--		0				Devel.	2025		first stage recovery via ocean landing	[88][89]
Prime		UK	Orbex	150 (SSO)	--	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 2023			[90][91]
Proton (UR-500)		USSR RUS	Khrunichev	23,000	6,920	5,680	65 (Proton-M)	430[ay]			382	Active	1965		Var.: K, M, Medium in development.	[92][93][94]
PSLV		IND	ISRO	3,800	1,200	550	--	63[az]	62	60	59	Active	1993		Var.: CA, XL, QL, DL Launched moon probe Chandrayaan I, Mars probe Mangalyaan I	[95][96]
Qaem-100		IRN	IRGC	80	--	--	--	3[ba]	3	2	2	Active	2023		also one successful suborbital launch	[97]
Qased		IRN	IRGC	~50	--	--	--	3[bb]	3	3	3	Active	2020			[98][99]
RFA One		Germany	Rocket Factory Augsburg	1,300	450	--	--	0				Devel.	2024		1st stage combustion in Europe, Orbital Stage.	[citation needed][100][101][102][103]
Rokot/Strela (UR-100N)		RUS	Eurockot Khrunichev	2,100	--	--	--	37[bc]	36	35	35	Active	1994		34 Rokot launches (no launches post-2019 due to Ukrainian tech ban); 3 Strela launches.	[104][105][106][107]
RS1		USA	ABL Space Systems	1,200	--	--	12	1[bd]	0	0	0	Active	2023			[108]
Shavit		ISR	IAI	225	--	--	15	12[be]	10	10	10	Active	1988		Var.: Shavit, -1, -2	[109]
Simorgh		IRN	ISA	350	--	--	--	7[bf]	7	2	2	Active	2016			[110]
SK solid fueled TV2		ROK	MND	> 100	--	--	--	1[bg]	1	1	1	Active	2023		solid fueled launch vehicle	[111]
SLS		USA	Orbital ATK Boeing United Launch Alliance Aerojet Rocketdyne	95,000–​130,000	--	27,000–​46,000	--	1[bh]	1	1	1	Active	2022		Var.: Block 1, Block 1B, Block 2	[112][113]
Soyuz		USSR RUS	RSC Energia TsSKB-Progress	8,200	2,400	1,200	--	2,003[bi]	[bj]		1,878[bk]	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	[114][115]
Spectrum		GER	Isar Aerospace	1,000 (LEO)[116] 700 (SSO)	--	--	--	1[bl]	0	0	0	Active	2025			[116]
SS-520		JPN	IHI Aerospace	4	--	--	--	2[bm]	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.	[117]
SSLV		IND	ISRO	500	300	--	--	3[bn]	3	2	2	Active	2022
Starship		USA	SpaceX	250,000 (expendable) [better source needed]	40,000 [better source needed]	100,000+ (With in-orbit refueling) [better source needed]	--	9[bo][bp]	8	0	0	test flights	2023		1st flight intended a TAO orbit; 3rd flight suborbital	[118][119][120][121][122]
				150,000 (reusable) [better source needed]
Start-1 (RT-2PM)		RUS	MITT	532	--	--	--	7[bq]	6	6	6	Active	1993			[123]
Taurus / Minotaur-C		USA	Orbital Sciences	1,450	--	--	--	9[br]	9	6	6	Active	1989		Var.: 2110, 3110, 3210	[124]
Tianlong 2		CHN	Space Pioneer	2,000 (LEO) 1,500 (500 km SSO)	--	--		1[bs]	1	1	1	Active	2023		liquid fueled (kerolox) carrier	[125][126]
Tianlong 3		CHN	Space Pioneer	17,000 (LEO) 14,000 (500 km SSO)	--	--		0				Devel.	2024		kerolox with reusable 1st stage	[126][127]
Tronador		ARG	CONAE	500								Devel.	2030
Unha		DPRK	KCST	200	--	--	--	4[bt]	3	2		Active	2006		Var.: Paektusan based on Taepodong-1 missile; Unha based on Taepodong-2 missile.	[128][129]
Vega		ITA FRA ESA	Avio	2,300	--	--	23	27[bu]	26	24	24	Active	2012		Vega, Vega-C, Vega-E in-development.	[130]
Vikram		IND	Skyroot Aerospace	${\displaystyle \leq }$720	--	--		0				Devel.	NET 2023		Var.: Vikram 1, Vikram II, Vikram III	[131]
VLM		BRA	CTA	150	--	--	--	0				Devel.	NET 2025			[132][133][134]
Vulcan		USA	ULA	17,800–​34,900	7,400–​16,300	--	99	3[bv]	3	3	3	Active	2024			[135][non-primary source needed][136][137][138]
Yenisei		RUS	TsSKB-Progress RSC Energia	88,000–​115,000		20,000-27,000		0				Devel.	NET 2032			[139][140][141][142]
Zenit		USSR UKR RUS	Yuzhnoye	13,740	6,160	4,098	--	84[bw]		74	72	Active	1985		Var.: 2, 2M (2SB, 2SLB), 3SL, 3SLB, 3SLBF	[143]
Zephyr		FRA	Latitude	100	--	--		0				Devel.	2025			[144]
Zero		JPN	Interstellar Technologies	100 (SSO)	--	--		0				Devel.	2023			[145]
Zhuque-2		CHN	LandSpace	4,000 (LEO) 1,500 (500 km SSO)[146]	--	--		6[bx]	6	4	4	Active	2022	Var.: ZQ-2	1st methalox LV to reach: space (2022), orbit (2023), orbit with payload (12/2023)	[38][146][147]
				6,000 (LEO) 4,000 (500 km SSO)[147]	--	--								Var.: ZQ-2E
Zhuque-3		CHN	LandSpace	21,000 (expendable)	--	--		0				Devel.	2025		methalox LV with reusable 1st stage; stainless steel body	[148]
				12,500–18,300 (1st stage recovered)
Zuljanah		IRN	ISA	220[149]				0				Devel.	NET 2023		Two successful suborbital flights	[150][149]

List of retired launcher families

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  Retired

Family	Country/Orgs.	Manufac.	Payload (kg)			Cost (US$, millions)	Launches reaching...				Status	Date of flight		Notes	Refs
			LEO	GTO	TLI		Total	Space	Any orbit	Target orbit		First	Last
Ariane 1-2-3	FRA ESA	Aérospatiale	—	2,650	—	--	28				Retired	1979	1989		[151][152]
Ariane 4	FRA ESA	Aérospatiale	7,000	4,720	—	--	116				Retired	1988	2003	Var.: 40, 42P, 42L, 44P, 44L, 44LP	[152]
Ariane 5	FRA ESA	Airbus	21,000	10,735[153]	—	165–​220	117	115	115	112	Retired	1996	2023	Var.: G, G+, GS, ECA, ES.	[154][155][156]
ASLV	IND	ISRO	150	--	--	--	4	2	2	1	Retired	1987	1994		[157]
Athena I & II	USA	Lockheed ATK	2,065	--	295	--	7				Retired	1995	2001	Launch Lunar Prospector.[158]	[159]
Atlas I (Atlas A-B-C-D-E-F-G)	USA	Lockheed	5,900	2,340	--	--	514				Retired	1957	1997	Launch Mercury. Atlas or Centaur upper stage.	[160][161][162][163]
Atlas II	USA	Lockheed	8,618	3,833	--	--	63	63	63		Retired	1991	2004		[164][165][166]
Atlas III	USA	Lockheed	10,759	4,609	--	--	6	6	6		Retired	2003	2005	Var.: IIIA, IIIB	[167][168]
Black Arrow	UK	RAE Westland	132	--	--	--	4	3			Retired	1969	1971		[169]
Delta	USA	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	[170]
Delta II	USA	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.	[170][171][172]
Delta III	USA	Boeing	8,290	3,810	--	--	3	2	2		Retired	1998	2000		[173][174]
Delta IV	USA	ULA	23,040	13,130	9,000	--	45	45	45	44	Retired	2002	2024	Var.: M, M+, and Heavy.	[175]
Diamant	FRA	SEREB	160	--	--	--	12			9	Retired	1965	1975		[citation needed]
Dnepr (R-36M)	UKR RUS	Yuzhmash	3,600	--	750	14	17				Retired	1999	2015		[176][177][178]
Energia	USSR	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.	[179][citation needed]
Falcon 1	USA	SpaceX	420[180]	--	--	7.9[180]	5[181]	4[180]	2[180]	2[181]	Retired[180]	2006	2009
Feng Bao 1 (DF-5)	CHN	SAST	2,500	--	--	--	8			4	Retired	1972	1981	3 successful suborbital flights	[182]
GSLV Mark I	IND	ISRO	5,000	2,500	--	--	6	4	2	2	Retired	2001	2010		[29][30][31]
H-I	JPN	Mitsubishi	3,200		--	--	9	9			Retired	1986	1992	License-built version of the Thor-ELT	[183]
H-II, IIA & IIB	JPN	Mitsubishi	19,000	8,000	--	(190), 90, 112	66[by]	65	64	63	Retired	1994	2025	Var.: A202, A2022, A2024, A204, B	[184]
J-I	JPN	IHI Corporation Nissan Motors	880	--	--	--	1				Retired	1996	1996	Partial demonstration flight only	[citation needed]
Kosmos (R-12 & R-14)	USSR	Yuzhnoye Polyot	1,500	--	--	12	610			559	Retired	1967	2010	Var.: 1, 2, 3, 3M	[155][185][186]
Kaituozhe (DF-31)	CHN	CALT	800	--	--	--	3	1	1	1	Retired (likely)	2002	2017	Var.: KT-1, KT-2, KT2-A	[187]
Lambda 4S	JPN	Nissan ISAS	26	--	--	--	5			1	Retired	1966	1970		[citation needed]
Long March 1	CHN	CALT	300	--	--	--	2	2	2	2	Retired	1970	1971		[188][189][190]
Long March 1D	CHN	CALT	740	--	--	--	0				Retired	1995	2002	3 suborbital launches only (2 successful.)	[188][189][190]
Mu 1-3-4	JPN	Nissan Motor IHI	770	--	--	--	27				Retired	1966	1995	Var.: 1, 3D, 4S, 3C, 3H, 3S, 3SII	[191]
Mu 5	JPN	Nissan Motor IHI	1,800	--	--	--	7			6	Retired	1997	2006	Var.: M-V, M-V KM	[citation needed]
N1	USSR	NPO Energia	90,000	--	23,500	--	4	0	0	0	Retired	1969	1972	Designed for Soviet Manned Lunar Mission	[192]
N-I & II	JPN	Mitsubishi	2,000	730	--	--	15	15	15	14[bz]	Retired	1975	1987	Derived from the American Delta rocket	[193]
Naro	ROK	Khrunichev KARI	100	--	--	--	3	2	1	1	Retired	2009	2013	First stage uses the Russian RD-151 engine	[194]
Safir	IRN	ISA	50	--	--	--	8[ca]	5	4	4	Retired	2007	2019	Numbers given here may be in dispute	[195]
Saturn I & IB	USA	Chrysler Douglas	18,600	--	--	19	13	13	13	13	Retired	1961	1975	Saturn 1 family also included 6 suborbital test launches	[196][197]
Saturn V	USA	Boeing North American Douglas	118,000	--	47,000	185	13	13	13		Retired	1967	1973	Var.: Apollo, Skylab	[196][198][199]
Scout	USA	US Air Force NASA	210	--	--	--	125	104			Retired	1960	1994	Var.: X1, X2, A, D, G	[200]
Shtil'/Volna-O (R-29)	RUS	Makeyev	430	--	--	--	8[cb]	7	2	2	Retired (as commercial launchers)[201]	1995	2006	Var.: Volna, Shtil, 2.1, 2R, 3	[201]
SLV	IND	ISRO	40	--	--	--	4	3	3	2	Retired	1979	1983	Launched Rohini satellite series	[202]
STS (Space Shuttle)	USA	Alliant Martin Marietta Rockwell	24,400	3,810	--	450	135	134	134	133	Retired	1981	2011	Orbiter mass: 68585 kg.	[203]
Terran 1	USA	Relativity Space	1,250	--	--		1	1	0	0	Retired	2023	2023	anticipates 3-D printing most rocket parts	[204]
Thor	USA	Douglas	1,270	--	38	--	357				Retired	1957	1980	Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes	[170]
Titan II-(II GLV)-III-IV (LGM-25C)	USA	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	[205][206]
Tsyklon (R-36)	USSR UKR	Yuzhmash	4,100	--	--	--	259				Retired	1967	2009	Var.: 1, 2, 3.	[207]
Vanguard	USA	Martin	23	--	--	--	12		3		Retired	1957	1959		[208]
Zhuque-1	CHN	LandSpace	300	--	--		1	1	0	0	Retired	2018	2018		[209][210]

See also

• Comparison of orbital launch systems
• Comparison of orbital rocket engines
• Comparison of space station cargo vehicles
• List of orbital launch systems

Notes

1. Number of Alpha launches current as of 04 July 2024.
2. Number of Angara 1.2 + A5 launches current as of 19 June 2025.
3. Number of Antares launches current as of 02 August 2023.
4. The only currently available version, Antares 230+, has only one launch planned, in July 2023. After that, the development period will follow.
5. Number of Ariane 6 launches current as of 13 August 2025.
6. Number of Astra launches current as of 12 June 2022.
7. Number of Atlas V launches current as of 23 June 2025
8. All remaining planned launches are sold.
9. Number of Ceres-1 launches current as of 19 May 2025.
10. Number of Chollima-1 launches current as of 27 May 2024.
11. Number of Electron launches current as of 05 August 2025.
12. Number of Epsilon launches current as of 12 October 2022.
13. Number of Eris launches current as of 29 July 2025
14. Number of Falcon 9 launches are updated via manual input into "Template:Falcon rocket statistics". Said page was last updated on August 14, 2025.
15. 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][non-primary source needed]} and thus is not counted.
16. Upgraded to version 1.1 in 2013.
17. Upgraded to version FT in 2015.
18. Falcon rocket statistics template page last updated on August 14, 2025.
19. Number of Gravity-1 launches current as of 11 January 2024.
20. Number of GSLV Mark II launches current as of 30 July 2025.
21. Number of H3 launches current as of 02 February 2025.
22. Number of Hyperbola-1 launches current as of 29 July 2025.
23. Jielong 1 launch numbers current as of 17 August 2019.
24. Jielong 3 launch numbers current as of 8 August 2025.
25. Number of KAIROS launches current as of 18 December 2024.
26. Number of Kuaizhou launches current as of 31 July 2025.
27. Number of Kuaizhou launches excludes a successful suborbital test launch on 17 March 2012.
28. 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.
29. LauncherOne launch numbers current as of 9 January 2023.
30. The parent company suspended operations and declared bankruptcy
31. Lijian-1 launch numbers current as of 21 May 2025.
32. Number of Long March 2-3-4 launches current as of 17 August 2025.
33. 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.^[46]
34. 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.
35. CZ-2F is the crew-rated launcher for the Shenzhou spacecraft.
36. 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.
37. Number of Long March 5 launches current as of 13 August 2025.
38. Number of Long March 6 launches current as of 17 August 2025.
39. Number of Long March 7 launches current as of 14 July 2025.
40. Number of Long March 8 launches current as of 30 July 2025.
41. Number of Long March 11 launches current as of 25 December 2023.
42. Number of Long March 12 launches current as of 04 August 2025.
43. Number of GSLV LVM-3 launches current as of 14 July 2023.
44. LVM-3 launch numbers do not include one successful suborbital flight.
45. Number of Minotaur I launches current as of 15 June 2021.
46. Number of Minotaur IV and V launches current as of 16 April 2025.
47. Number of New Glenn launches current as of 16 January 2025.
48. Number of Nuri launches current as of 25 May 2023.
49. Number of OS-M launches current as of 27 March 2019.
50. Number of Pegasus launches current as of 13 June 2021.
51. Number of Proton launches current as of 12 March 2023.
52. Number of PSLV launches current as of 18 May 2025.
53. Number of Qaem-100 launches current as of 14 September 2024.
54. Number of Qased launches current as of 27 September 2023.
55. Number of Rokot+Strela launches current as of 26 December 2019.
56. Number of RS1 launches current as of 20 January 2023.
57. Number of Shavit launches current as of 28 March 2023
58. Number of Simorgh launches current as of 6 December 2024.
59. Number of TV2 launches current as of 04 December 2023.
60. Number of SLS launches current as of 16 November 2022.
61. Number of R-7 Semyorka/Soyuz launches current as of 25 July 2025.
62. 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 possible dissemination of inaccurate information.
63. The total number of launches and launch successes are taken from the List of R-7 launches and from the R-7 Semyorka Wikipedia pages.
64. Number of Spectrum launches current as of 30 March 2025.
65. Number of SS-520 launches current as of 3 February 2018.
66. Number of SSLV launches current as of 16 August 2024.
67. Number of Starship launches current as of 27 May 2025.
68. Starship test launches are intended as pseudo-orbital flights (may be considered as suborbital) and so are included in this list for now.
69. Number of Start-1/Start launches current as of 25 April 2006.
70. Number of Taurus/Minotaur-C launches current as of 31 October 2017.
71. Number of Tianlong-2 launches current as of 02 April 2023.
72. Number of Unha-2/Unha-3 launches current as of 7 February 2016.
73. Number of Vega (all versions) launches current as of 26 July 2025.
74. Number of Vulcan launches current as of 13 August 2025.
75. Number of Zenit launches current as of 26 December 2017.
76. Number of Zhuque-2 launches current as of 15 August 2025.
77. Number of H-II (all versions) launches current as of 28 June 2025.
78. One N-I launch partially failed due to recontact between satellite and upper stage.
79. Number of Safir launches current as of 29 August 2019. Number of launches and possible outcomes are in dispute. See main page at Safir.
80. 5 of the 8 launches were suborbital (of which 2 failed); 3 of the 8 launches were intended for LEO (2 successes).^[201]