- Comparison of orbital launchers families
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This page exposes the list of launchers families.
To see the long complete list of launch systems, see Comparison of orbital launch systems.
Description
- Launcher : Name of the family/model of launcher.
- Country : origin country of launcher.
- Manufac. : Main manufacturer.
- Mass : Maximum mass of payload, for 3 altitudes
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- - LEO (Low Earth Orbit)
- - GTO (Geostationary transfer orbit)
- - TLI (Trans Lunar Injection)
- Cost : Price for a launch at this time, in US$
- S/L : Successful launches (that reach space) and total launches (that lift-off).
- Status : Actual status of launcher : retired, development, active.
- FF : Date of first flight of first family's member
- LF : Last flight.
Same cores are grouped together (like Ariane 1, 2 & 3, but not V). This list is a resume of data collected in respective pages of the launchers.
List of launchers families
[Active] - [In development] - [Retired] - [Has flown but new version in dev.]
Family Country Manufac. LEO
(kg)GTO
(kg)TLI
(kg)Cost
US$S/L Status FF LF Notes Angara 1.X 
RussiaKhrunichev 3,800[1] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Angara A3 RussiaKhrunichev 14,600[1] 3,600[1] -- $70M[citation needed] 0/0 Devel. -- -- Angara A5 RussiaKhrunichev 24,500[1] 7,500[1] -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Angara A7 RussiaKhrunichev 35,000[1] 12,500[1] -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Ariane 1-2-3 
EuropeAérospatiale -- 2,650[2] -- -- 24/28[3] Retired 1979 1989 Ariane 4 EuropeAérospatiale 7,000[3] 4,720[3] -- -- 113/116[3] Retired 1990 2003 Var: 2P,2L,4P,4L,2P2L Ariane 5 EuropeEADS Astrium 21,000[citation needed] 10,050[citation needed] -- $220M[citation needed] 58/60[citation needed] Active 2002 -- Var: ECA,ES,G,G+,GS ASLV 
IndiaISRO 150[4] -- -- -- 2/4[4] Retired 1987 1994 Athena I & II 
USALockheed ATK 1,896 -- 158 -- 5/7 Devel. 1995 2001 Launch Lunar Prospector. Ic & IIc currently in dev. Atlas A-B-C-D-E-F-G USALockheed 5,900 2,222[5] -- -- 408/503[6][Full citation needed] Retired 1957 1995[7][Full citation needed] Launch Mercury.
Atlas or Centaur upper stage.Atlas I USALockheed 5,900 2,340[8][Full citation needed] -- -- 8/11 Retired 1990 1997 Atlas II USALockheed 8,618 3,833[9][Full citation needed] -- -- 63/63 Retired 1991 2004 Atlas III USALockheed 10,759[citation needed] 4,609[10][Full citation needed] -- -- 6/6 Retired 2003 2005 Atlas 5 USAULA 18,500 5,700 3,600 -- 27/27 Active 2002 -- Launched Juno & New Horizons Black Arrow 
UKRAE Westland 132[citation needed] -- -- -- 2/4 Retired 1969 1971 Thor USADouglas 1,270 -- 38 -- 300/357 [11] Retired 1957 1980 Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes Delta USADouglas 3,848 1,312 -- -- 177/186 [12] Retired 1960 1989 [13] Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes.
Variants : A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, 300, 900, 1X00, 4X00, 2X00, 3X00, 5X00Delta II USAULA -- 2,171[citation needed] 1,508[14] -- 148/149 [15] Active 1989[16] -- Launched lot of Mars probes (MGS -> Phoenix).
Variants : 6000, 7000 and Heavy.Delta III USABoeing 8,290 3,810 -- -- 1/3 Retired 1998 2000 Delta IV USAULA 23,040 13,130 9,000 [17] -- 20/20 Active 2002 -- Variants : S, M and Heavy. Diamant 
FranceSEREB 160 -- -- -- 9/12 Retired 1965 1975 Dnepr 
UkraineYuzhmash 3,700 -- 750 [18] $14M 16/17 Active 1999 -- Energia 
USSRNPO Energia 100,000 20,000 32,000 $240M 2/2 Retired 1987 1988 1 flight with Buran Shuttle. Epsilon 
JapanIHI Aerospace 1,200 -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Falcon 1 USASpaceX 1,010 -- -- $10.9M 2/5 Devel. 2006 2009 New version "1e" under development. Falcon 9 USASpaceX 10,450 4,680 -- $56M 2/2 Active 2010 -- Launcher of Dragon capsule Falcon Heavy USASpaceX 53,000 19,000 -- $80M 0/0 Devel. -- -- Demo expected for 2013 GSLV Mk.I & II IndiaISRO 5,100 2,500 -- -- 5/7 Active -- -- Planned launch by 2012 GSLV Mk.III IndiaISRO 10,000 5,000 -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Scheduled for 2012 H-I JapanMitsubishi 3,200 1,100 -- -- 9/9 Retired 1986 1992 licence-built version of the Thor-ELT H-II, IIA & IIB JapanMitsubishi 19,000 8,000 -- -- 26/28 Active 1994 -- Var:. A202,A2022,A2024,A204,B Haas 
RomaniaARCA 400 100 -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Launch from balloon J-I JapanIHI Corporation Nissan Motors 880 -- -- -- 1/1 Retired 1996 1996 Partial demo flight only KT-1 
ChinaCALT 50 -- -- -- 2/2 Retired 2002 2003 Kosmos USSRYuzhnoye Polyot 1,500[citation needed] 775[citation needed] -- -- 424/444 Active 1967 -- Var: 1, 3, 3M L-4S JapanNissan ISAS 56 -- -- -- 1/5 Retired 1966 1970 Var: 1, 3, 3M Long March 1 ChinaCALT 930[citation needed] -- -- -- 6/6[19] Retired 1970 2002 Var: 1, 1D Long March 2-3-4 ChinaCALT 12,000[citation needed] 4,850[citation needed] 3,300[citation needed] -- 155/163[20] Active 1971 -- Ascends of ICBMs DF-5
Var: 2A,2C,2D,2E,2F,3,3A,3B,3C,4,4B
2F Launcher of ShenzhouLong March 5 ChinaCALT 25,000 14,000 -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Var: 200,320,504,522,540 Long March 6 ChinaCALT 1,500 [21] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Minotaur I USAOrbital Science 580 -- -- -- 10/10 Active 2000 -- Derived from the Minuteman II Minotaur IV & V USAOrbital Science 1,735 640 447 $50M 5/5 Active 2010 -- Var: IV, IV Lite, IV HAPS, V
Derived from the Peacekeeper missileMu 1-3-4 JapanNissan Motor IHI 770 -- -- -- 25/27[22] Retired 1966 1995 Var: 1, 3D, 4S, 3C, 3H, 3S, 3SII Mu 5 JapanNissan Motor IHI 1,800 -- -- -- 6/7 Retired 1997 2006 Var: M-V, M-V KM N1 USSRNPO Energia 90,000 -- 23,500 -- 0/4 Retired 1969 1972 N-I & II JapanNPO Energia 2,000 730 -- -- 14/15 Retired 1975 1987 Derived from the American Delta rocket Naro 
KoreaKhrunichev KARI 100 -- -- -- 0/2 Active 2009 -- Pegasus USAOrbital Sciences 443 -- -- -- 37/40 Active 1990 -- UR-500 Proton USSR RussiaKhrunichev 21,600 6,360 5,650 -- 294/335 Active 1965 -- Var: M, K, R, Breeze PSLV IndiaISRO 3,800[citation needed] 1,300[citation needed] -- -- 18/19[citation needed] Active 1993 -- Var: CA, XL, HP, 3S
Launched moon probe Chandrayaan IUR-100 Rokot Strela RussiaEurockot Khrunichev 1,950 -- -- $14M 16/17[citation needed] Active 1994 -- Rus-M RussiaNPO Energia 23,800[citation needed] 7,000[citation needed] -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Safir 
IranISA 27[citation needed] -- -- -- 4/5 Active 2007 -- Saturn I & IB USAChrysler Douglas 21,000[citation needed] -- -- -- 19/19 Retired 1961 1975 Saturn V USABoeing North American Douglas 118,000[citation needed] -- 47,000[citation needed] $185M[citation needed] 13/13 Retired 1967 1973 Var: Apollo, Skylab Scout USAUS Air Force NASA 210 -- -- -- 104/125 [23] Retired 1960 1994 Var: X1, X2, A, D, G Shavit 
IsraelIAI 800[citation needed] -- -- $15M 6/9 Active 1988 -- Var: Shavit, -1, -2 R-29 Shtil Volna RussiaMakeyev 430[citation needed] -- -- -- 8/9 Active 1995 -- [24] Var: Vysota, Volna, Shtil, 2.1, 2R, 3 R-7 Semyorka Soyuz USSR RussiaRSC Energia TsSKB-Progress 5,500[citation needed] 2,400[citation needed] 1,200[citation needed] -- 1,628/1740 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 Simorgh IranISA 60[citation needed] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- SLS USAAlliant Lockheed 129,000[citation needed] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Expected 2017 SLV IndiaISRO 40 -- -- -- 3/4 Retired 1979 1983 Space_Shuttle USAAlliant Martin Marietta Rockwell 24,400 3,810 -- -- 134/135 Retired 1981 2011 Orbiter weight: 68585Kg. Start-1 RussiaMITT 532 -- -- -- 6/6 Active 1993 -- Taurus USAOrbital 1,320[citation needed] -- -- -- 6/9[citation needed] Active 1989 -- Var:2110, 3110, 3210 Taurus II USAOrbital 7,000[citation needed] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- Cygnus launcher Titan I-II-3-IV USAMartin_Marietta 21,900[citation needed] 9,000[citation needed] 8,600[25][Full citation needed] $350M 338/369[26] Retired 1959 2005 Var: I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, IIID, IIIE, 34D, IVA, IVB
Gemini launcherR-36 Tsyklon USSR UkraineYuzhmash 4,100 -- -- -- 226/236[citation needed] Devel. 1967 2009 Var: 1, 2, 3. Tsyklon 4 in dev. Unha 
North KoreaKCST 100 -- -- -- 0/1 Active 2009 -- Vanguard USAMartin 23[citation needed] -- -- -- 3/11[citation needed] Retired 1957 1959 Vega EuropeESA ASI Avio 1,500[citation needed] -- -- -- 0/0 Devel. -- -- VLS-1 
BrazilESA ASI Avio 380[citation needed] -- -- -- 0/2 Active 1997 -- Var in dev: Alfa, VLM Zenit USSR UkraineYuzhnoye 13,740[citation needed] 6,160[citation needed] 4,098[27] -- 65/74[citation needed] Active 1985 -- Var: 2, 2M, 2SLB, 3SL, 3SLB, 3SLBF References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Angara launchers family on manufacturer website" (in English). Khrunichev.ru. http://www.khrunichev.ru/main.php?id=44&lang=en. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- ^ [http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Home/SEMN2E67ESD_0.html Ariane 1-2-3 family, ESA
- ^ a b c d list of perf and launches of Ariane 1-4
- ^ a b ASLV page, Astronautix
- ^ For Atlas G-Centaur
- ^ Atlas family
- ^ Atlas family
- ^ Atlas I
- ^ Atlas II AS
- ^ Atlas III B
- ^ Thor
- ^ Thor
- ^ Thor
- ^ Delta
- ^ Thor
- ^ Thor
- ^ Delta IV Heavy Delta IV
- ^ Dnepr
- ^ CZ-1
- ^ DF-5
- ^ CZ-6
- ^ M-Class
- ^ Scout
- ^ Shtil Volna
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Zenit
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