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 TRONADOR – Under Development
Australia AUSROC IV – Cancelled Austral Launch Vehicle – Under Development Eris (Gilmour Space Technologies) – Under Development
Brazil VLS-1 – Retired VLM – Under Development MLBR –Under Development
Canada Aurora - Under Development
China
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 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 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 Diamant B – Retired 1970-1971 Diamant BP4 – Retired 1972-1975 Zéphyr (Latitude) – Under Development
Germany OTRAG – Retired Spectrum (Isar Aerospace) – Under Development RFA One (Rocket Factory Augsburg AG) – Under Development SL1 (HyImpulse) – Under Development
India
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 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) GSLV Mark I – Retired GSLV Mark II – Operational RLV TD: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign. Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM-3) LVM3 – Operational Human-rated LVM3 – Under development LVM3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – Operational Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) – Under development
Private agencies Vikram (Skyroot Aerospace): Vikram-I – Operational Vikram-II – Under development
Agnibaan (AgniKul Cosmos): – Under development Razor Crest Mk I (EtherealX) – Under development Mach Blue (Cosmicport) – Under development
Iran
Safir – Retired Simorgh – Operational Qased – Operational Qaem 100 – Operational Qaem 105 – Under Development Zuljanah – Operational
Iraq Al Abid – Abandoned in R&D phase
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
Active H3 (JAXA) KAIROS (Space One)
Inactive Lambda (ISAS) – Retired L-4S Mu (ISAS) – Retired M-4S M-3C M-3H M-3S M-3SII 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 and the United States) Neutron – Under Development
North Korea Chollima-1 Paektusan-1 – Retired Unha Unha-2 – Retired Unha-3
Taiwan TSLV – Under Development Hapith V – Under Development HTTP-3a – Under Development
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
Angara CORONA (SSTO) – Open Kosmos – Retired Kosmos-1 Kosmos-2I Kosmos-3 Kosmos-3M Lin Industrial projects Adler – Under Development Aldan – Under Development Aniva – Under Development Taymyr – Under Development 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 Soyuz-U2 Soyuz-FG Soyuz-2 Soyuz 2.1A Soyuz 2.1B Soyuz 2.1V – Retired Sputnik – Retired Stalker (rocket) Voskhod – Retired Vostok – Retired Vostok-L Vostok-K Vostok-2 Vostok-2M Soyuz/Vostok R-29 Shtil' Volna Rus-M – Canceled Start-1 Soyuz-5 family - Under Development Irtysh - Under Development Yenisey - Under Development Don - Under Development Soyuz-7 family - Under Development Amur - Under Development 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
South Africa RSA – Cancelled RSA-1 RSA-2 RSA-3 CHEETAH-1 – Under Development
South Korea Blue Whale 1 (Perigee Aerospace) – Under Development HANBIT family (Innospace) HANBIT-Micro – Under Development HANBIT-Mini – Under Development HANBIT-NANO HANBIT-TLV Korea Space Launch Vehicle family (KSLV) KSLV-I (Naro) – Retired KSLV-II (Nuri) KSLV-III – Under Development Solid-fuel space launch vehicle family Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV1 (Test Vehicle 1) Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV2 (Test Vehicle 2) 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 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
United Kingdom Black Arrow – Retired Black Prince – Cancelled Prime (Orbex) – Under Development Skyrora XL (Skyrora) – Under Development Skylon (Reaction Engines) – Cancelled
United States
Active
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) Space Launch System (NASA) SpaceX launch vehicles Falcon 9 Block 5 – Operational Falcon Heavy – Operational Starship – In testing New Glenn (Blue Origin) Vulcan Centaur (United Launch Alliance)
Inactive
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 Nova (Stoke Space) – Under development OmegA – Canceled Orbital Accelerator (SpinLaunch) – Under Development Phantom Express – Canceled Pilot – Retired Redstone – Retired Juno I Sparta Jupiter Juno II Relativity Space launch vehicles Terran 1 – Retired Terran R – Under Development RS1 (ABL Space Systems) – Retired Saturn Saturn I – Retired 1961-1963 Saturn IB – Retired 1966-1975 Saturn V – Retired 1967-1973 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 Thor – Retired Thor-Able Thor-Ablestar Thor-Agena Thorad-Agena Thor-Burner Thor DSV-2U Delta Thor-Delta Delta A Delta B Delta C Delta D Delta E Delta G Delta J Delta L Delta M Delta N Delta II Delta III Delta IV Delta IV Heavy 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)
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