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List of rocket stages
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This is a list of upper stages used on rockets.
Upper stages
bold denotes active configurations italics denotes configurations in development
| Name | Country | Flown on | Proposed for | Status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Cryogenic Evolved Stage | *Vulcan* | Development paused | |||
| Agena | Atlas, Thor, Thorad, Titan IIIB | Retired | |||
| AVUM | EU ESA/Italy | Vega, **Vega C** | In service | ||
| Gamma-2 | United Kingdom United Kingdom | Black Arrow | Retired | ||
| Blok D | |||||
| N1, Proton, Proton-K | Retired | ||||
| Blok DM-03 | **Proton-M** | Angara A5 | In service | ||
| Blok DM-SL | |||||
| **Zenit-3SL** | In service | ||||
| Briz-KM | **Rokot** | Angara 1.2 | In service | ||
| Briz-M | Proton-K, **Proton-M**, **Angara A5** | In service | |||
| Castor 30 | **Antares** | In service | |||
| Centaur | Atlas, Atlas G, Atlas I, Atlas II, Atlas III, **Atlas V**, Titan IIIE, Titan IV, **Vulcan** | In service | |||
| CTS | **Long March 2C** | In service | |||
| Delta Cryogenic Second Stage | Delta III, Delta IV, **Space Launch System Block I** *(as Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage)* | In service | |||
| Electron Second Stage | New Zealand New Zealand | **Electron** | In service | ||
| Exploration Upper Stage | *Space Launch System* | In development | |||
| Falcon 9 Second Stage | **Falcon 9**, **Falcon Heavy** | In service | |||
| Fregat | Soyuz-U, **Soyuz-FG**, **Soyuz-2**, **Zenit-3F** | In service | |||
| Inertial Upper Stage | Titan 34D, Titan IV, Space Shuttle | Retired | |||
| KVTK | *Angara A5*, Energia | In development | |||
| PAM-G | India | *Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle* | In development | ||
| Payload Assist Module/Star-48B | Delta 3000, Delta 4000, **Delta II**, Space Shuttle | Delta 5000 | In service | ||
| Salman | **Qased, Qaem-100** | In Service | |||
| Saman-1 | **Simorgh** | In Service | |||
| Starship | *Starship* | In development | It is reusable, and is meant to use orbital refueling. | ||
| Transtage | Titan IIIA, Titan IIIC, Titan 34D | Retired | |||
| Volga | **Soyuz-2.1a**, Soyuz-2-1v | ||||
| Yuanzheng-1 | **Long March 3B**, **Long March 3C** | In service | |||
| Yuanzheng-1A | **Long March 7** | In service | |||
| Yuanzheng-2 | **Long March 5** | In service |
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