Launch Vehicles

Explore the launch vehicles we use to get to Orbit


Launch Vehicle Filters

Filter by Agency, Status or Family
Clear
Name Family Manufacturer Maiden Flight Date Active Reusable Launch Count Length (m) Max Diameter (m) LEO Capacity (kg) GTO Capacity (kg) Thrust at Liftoff (kN)
Saturn I Chrysler 10/27/1961 10 55.0 6.6 9100 6700
Shavit-2 Israel Aerospace Industries 04/05/1995 10
Saturn IB National Aeronautics and Space Administration 02/26/1966 10 43.2 6.61 21000 7100
GSLV Mk II Indian Space Research Organization 04/15/2010 10 49.0 2.8 0 2500 7420
Atlas D Convair 04/14/1959 9 25.15 3.0 1400 1880
Delta II United Launch Alliance 11/04/1995 9 38.7 2.4 5959 1828
Titan 401A Centaur Lockheed Martin 02/07/1994 9 63.1 3.05 21680 9000 14200
Thor Delta B McDonnell Douglas 12/13/1962 9 31.0 2.44 370 68 667
Atlas V 541 United Launch Alliance 11/26/2011 9 60.0 3.8 17410 8290
Vostok-L 8K72 Energia 09/23/1958 9 30.84 2.6 4000 3956
Titan 23B Lockheed Martin 08/23/1969 9 45.0 3.05 3000 2300
Atlas F Convair 08/08/1961 9
Thor Delta McDonnell Douglas 05/13/1960 9 31.0 2.44 226 667
H-IIB Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 09/10/2009 9 56.6 5.2 16500 8000 9000
Falcon Heavy SpaceX 02/06/2018 9 70.0 12.2 63800 26700 22819
Atlas V 421 United Launch Alliance 10/11/2007 9 58.3 3.8 14067 6890
Starship Prototype SpaceX 07/26/2019 9 50.0 9.0
H-1 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 08/12/1986 9 42.0 2.44 3200 1100
Long March 2C/YZ-1S China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation 10/09/2018 8 42.0 3.35 3850 1250 2962
Little Joe North American Aviation 08/21/1959 8 17.0
Soyuz 11A511M Energia 12/27/1971 8 50.0 2.95 6600 4054
Delta II McDonnell Douglas 02/14/1998 8 39.0 2.44 3020
N-2 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 02/11/1981 8 35.0 2.44 2000 730 2278
Molniya 8K78M-PVB Progress Rocket Space Center 04/28/1990 8
Ariane 5 ES ArianeGroup 03/09/2008 8 45.7 5.4 21000 11400