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List of orbital launch systems

List of orbital rockets

List of orbital launch systems

List of orbital rockets

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 – Retired
  • 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

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
        • 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
    • 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

RLV
Human Rated Launch Vehicle (HRLV)

;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.
  • 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 – Under development
    • Vikram-II – Under development
    • Vikram-III – Proposed
  • Agnibaan (AgniKul Cosmos): – Under development
[[Agnibaan
  • 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

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

Active

  • H3 (JAXA)
  • KAIROS (Space One)

Inactive

  • Lambda (ISAS) – Retired
    • L-4S

Mu (ISAS) – Retired

  • 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

    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
      • 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){{Cite web |trans-title=Making Money in Space: Russian and International Players |access-date=2021-11-11}}
      • 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

    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)
    • 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

    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
    • 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

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