List of orbital launch systems

This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of carrier rockets, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit.

Argentina

ORBIT II – Retired[1]
TRONADOR – Under Development[2]

Australia

AUSROCK IV – Under Development

Brazil

VLS-1 - Retired
VLM – Under Development

China, People's Republic

Several rockets of the Long March family

Long March 2F

Feng Bao 1 - Retired
Kaituozhe-1 - Retired
Kuaizhou
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 3
  - Long March 3 - Retired
  - Long March 3A
  - Long March 3B - Retired
  - Long March 3B/E
  - Long March 3C
- Long March 4
  - Long March 4A - Retired
  - Long March 4B
  - Long March 4C
- Long March 5
  - Long March 5B
- Long March 6
- Long March 7
- Long March 11
- Jielong-1
Hyperbola-1

Europe

Ariane 5

Ariane
- Ariane 1 - Retired
- Ariane 2 - Retired
- Ariane 3 - Retired
- Ariane 4 - Retired
- Ariane 5 - Active
- Ariane 6 - Under development
Europa - Retired
Hermes - Cancelled
Vega - Active
Ariane M – proposal only
Miura 5 — Under development

France

Diamant - Retired

Germany

OTRAG - Retired

India

(From left to right) ISRO's SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV and GSLV Mk. III rockets

Satellite Launch Vehicle – Retired
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle – Retired
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
- PSLV-G – Retired
- PSLV-CA – Active
- PSLV-XL – Active
- PSLV-DL – Active
- PSLV-QL – Active
- PSLV-3S – Concept
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
- GSLV Mk I (a) – Retired
- GSLV Mk I (b) – Retired
- GSLV Mk II – Active
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III – Active
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle – Under development
Reusable Launch Vehicle (TSTO reusable launcher) – Under development
ADMIRE test vehicle[3] (demonstration of VTVL reusable launcher) – Under development
Unified Modular Launch Vehicle – Under Development[4]

Indonesia

RPS-420 (Pengorbitan-1) – Under Development[5]
RPS-550 (Pengorbitan-2) – Under Development[5]

Iran

Simorgh SLV

Safir – Active
Simorgh – Active
Qased – Active

Iraq

Al Abid - Abandoned in R&D phase[6]

Israel

Shavit

Italy

Vega (jointly with European Space Agency)

Japan

Mu rockets

H-II series

Εpsilon

Lambda - Retired
- L-4S
Mu - Retired
- M-4S[7]
- M-3C[8]
- M-3H[9]
- M-3S[10]
- M-3SII[11]
- M-V
N - Retired
- N-I
- N-II
H-I - Retired
H-II
- H-II - Retired
- H-IIA
- H-IIB - Retired
H3 - Under Development
J-I - Retired
GX - Cancelled
Epsilon - Active
SS-520 - Active
ZERO - Under Development

New Zealand

Electron (Rocket Lab, developed in New Zealand[12] and the United States)

North Korea

Paektusan-1 - Retired
Unha-2 - Retired
Unha-3

Republic of China (Taiwan)

TSLV - Under Development[13][14]
Hapith V - Under Development[15][16]
HTTP-3a - Under Development[17]

Romania

Haas – Under Development

Russia

Proton-K

Soyuz-FG

Dnepr-1

Angara Family

Angara
CORONA (SSTO) – Under Development
Kosmos - Retired
- Kosmos-1
- Kosmos-2I
- Kosmos-3
- Kosmos-3M
Lin Industrial projects[18]
- Adler – Under Development[19]
- Aldan – Under Development[20]
- Aniva – Under Development[21]
- Taymyr – Under Development[22]
- Vyuga – Under Development
Buran - Retired
N1 - Retired
R-7
- Luna - Retired
- Molniya - Retired
  - Molniya-M
  - Molniya-L
- Polyot - Retired
- Soyuz family
  - Soyuz - Retired
    - Soyuz-L
    - Soyuz-M
  - Soyuz-U - Retired
    - Soyuz-U2
    - Soyuz-FG
  - Soyuz-2
- Sputnik - Retired
- Voskhod - Retired
- Vostok - Retired
R-29 derivatives
- Shtil'
- Volna
Rus-M – Canceled
Start-1
Universal Rocket
- UR-100 derived
  - Rokot
  - Strela
- Proton (UR-500) - Retired
  - Proton-K
  - Proton-M
Energia - Retired

South Africa

RSA-3 - Development Retired
CHEETAH-1 – Under Development[23]

South Korea

Naro family
- KSLV-1 (Naro)[24][25]
- KSLV-2 (Nuri) – Under Development
- KSLV-S - Under Development

Spain

Capricornio - Retired

Turkey

UFS - Under Development[26]

Ukraine

Zenit
- Zenit 2 - Retired
- Zenit-2M - Retired
- Zenit-3SL
- Zenit 3SLB
- Zenit-3F - Active
R-36 derivatives
- Dnepr
- Tsyklon
  - Tsyklon-2 - Retired
  - Tsyklon-3 - Retired
  - Tsyklon-4 – Abandoned
    - Cyclone-4M - Under Development

United Kingdom

Black Arrow - Retired
Black Prince - Cancelled[27]
Prime - Under Development [28]
Skyrora XL - Under Development [29]

United States

Comparison of Saturn V, Space Shuttle, three Ares rockets, and SLS Block 1

Atlas rockets

Delta rockets

Falcon rockets

Titan rockets

Alpha - Under Development
Antares
Ares – Canceled
- Ares I
- Ares IV
- Ares V
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
  - Atlas V
Conestoga - Retired
Electron (Rocket Lab)
Minotaur
- Minotaur I
- Minotaur IV
- Minotaur V
- Minotaur-C
New Glenn - Under Development[30]
OmegA - Under Development
Pegasus
Phantom Express - Canceled
Pilot - Retired
Redstone - Retired
- Juno I
- Sparta
Saturn - Retired
- Saturn I
  - Saturn IB
- Saturn V
  - Saturn INT-21
Scout - Retired
Space Shuttle - Retired
Space Launch System - Under Development
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
- Falcon Heavy
- Starship - Under Development
Thor - Retired
- Thor-Able - Retired
- Thor-Ablestar - Retired
- Thor-Agena - Retired
  - Thorad-Agena - Retired
- Thor-Burner - Retired
- Thor DSV-2U - Retired
- Delta
  - Thor-Delta - Retired
  - Delta A - Retired
  - Delta B - Retired
  - Delta C - Retired
  - Delta D - Retired
  - Delta E - Retired
  - Delta G - Retired
  - Delta J - Retired
  - Delta L - Retired
  - Delta M - Retired
  - Delta N - Retired
  - Delta 0100 - Retired
  - Delta 1000 - Retired
  - Delta 2000 - Retired
  - Delta 3000 - Retired
  - Delta 4000 - Retired
  - Delta 5000 - Retired
  - Delta II 6000 and 7000 - Retired
  - Delta III - Retired
  - Delta IV - Retired
  - Delta IV Heavy
LauncherOne
Titan - Retired
- Titan II GLV
- Titan 23G
- Titan IIIB
- Titan III
- Titan 34D
- Commercial Titan III
- Titan IV
Vanguard - Retired
Vector-R - Retired
Vulcan - Under Development

References

Argentina Missile Chronology
"Argentina Plans First Domestic Satellite Launch". Parabolic Arc. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2013-08-02.
"Is ISRO Working on Three Reusable Rocket Designs at Once?".
"ISRO developing heavy lift launch vehicles". 30 May 2015.
"M-4S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
"M-3C / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
"M-3H / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
"M-3S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
"M-3SII / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
"Rocket Lab Celebrates Rich Ten-Year History". Rocket Lab USA. June 30, 2016.
https://space.skyrocket.de/directories/launcher_taiwan.htm
https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/taiwans-tispace-enters-crowded-small-satellite-launch-market-with-large-ambitions/
http://www.tispace.com/launch.html
"CHEETAH-1". b14643.de. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
Tong-hyung, Kim (2008-07-23). "Russia Dragging Feet Over Korean Rocket Launch". Korea Times. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
"South Korea's First Rocket Launch Might Be Put Off". Space-Travel.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.
"Black Prince (project)". b14643.de. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
"Startup Company Orbex Reveals Prime Rocket That Could Launch From The U.K. In 2021". Forbes. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
"Skyrora Reveals Launch Of Second Private Rocket From U.K. Soil". Forbes. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2019-09-12.
"Jeff Bezos is not screwing around with his plans to colonize space". ars Technica. 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

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[1] Argentina Missile Chronology

[2] "Argentina Plans First Domestic Satellite Launch". Parabolic Arc. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2013-08-02.

[3] "Is ISRO Working on Three Reusable Rocket Designs at Once?".

[Hindu-4] "ISRO developing heavy lift launch vehicles". 30 May 2015.

[7] "M-4S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[8] "M-3C / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[9] "M-3H / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[10] "M-3S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[11] "M-3SII / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[12] "Rocket Lab Celebrates Rich Ten-Year History". Rocket Lab USA. June 30, 2016.

[14] ttps://space.skyrocket.de/directories/launcher_taiwan.htm

[15] ttps://spacewatch.global/2019/12/taiwans-tispace-enters-crowded-small-satellite-launch-market-with-large-ambitions/

[16] ttp://www.tispace.com/launch.html

[23] "CHEETAH-1". b14643.de. Retrieved 2013-02-02.

[24] Tong-hyung, Kim (2008-07-23). "Russia Dragging Feet Over Korean Rocket Launch". Korea Times. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

[25] "South Korea's First Rocket Launch Might Be Put Off". Space-Travel.com. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-12-29.

[27] "Black Prince (project)". b14643.de. Retrieved 2019-11-11.

[28] "Startup Company Orbex Reveals Prime Rocket That Could Launch From The U.K. In 2021". Forbes. 2019-02-07. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[29] "Skyrora Reveals Launch Of Second Private Rocket From U.K. Soil". Forbes. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

[30] "Jeff Bezos is not screwing around with his plans to colonize space". ars Technica. 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2019-09-12.

Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara A5 Antares 230+ Ariane 5 Atlas V Delta IV Heavy Electron Epsilon Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy GSLV Mk II Mk III H-IIA Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A Kaituozhe 2 LauncherOne^† Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 7 7A^† 11 Minotaur I IV V C OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qased Safir Shavit Simorgh^† Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v Unha Vega Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque-1^†
In development	Angara 1.2 Ariane 6 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Eris Firefly Alpha Beta H3 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 11 21 31 Long March 8 9 Miura 5 New Glenn New Line 1 Nuri OmegA OS-M2 OS-M4 Orbex Prime SLS Soyuz-7 SSLV Starship Terran 1 Vega C Vega E Vulcan Zero Zhuque-2
Retired	Al-Abid^† Antares 110/120/130/230 Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV Diamant Dnepr Energia Europa^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Saturn I IB V Scout SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon 2 3 4 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates historical or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but did not ever succeed (never did or has performed a successful orbital launch)