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=HISTORICAL LAUNCHERS=
This is a list of active or future launch systems that can be used for Mars missions.
 
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==China==
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|China
|Long March 2
|In service
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|{{space|China Great Wall Industry Corporation|China Great Wall Industry Corporation}}
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|China
|Long March 3
|In service
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|{{space|China Great Wall Industry Corporation|China Great Wall Industry Corporation}}
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| [[Long March 2]]  || Currently in service || [[China Great Wall Industry Corporation]] [http://www.cgwic.com/ http://www.cgwic.com/] ||
|China
|Long March 4
|In service
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|{{space|China Great Wall Industry Corporation|China Great Wall Industry Corporation}}
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| [[Long March 3]]  || Currently in service || [[China Great Wall Industry Corporation]] [http://www.cgwic.com/ http://www.cgwic.com/] ||
|China
|Long March 5
|In service
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|Tianwen-1
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|{{space|China Great Wall Industry Corporation|China Great Wall Industry Corporation}}
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| [[Long March 4]] || Currently in service || [[China Great Wall Industry Corporation]] [http://www.cgwic.com/ http://www.cgwic.com/] ||
|EU
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|[[Ariane|Ariane 5]]
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|21 t
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|EU
 
|Ariane next
 
|Future
==European Union==
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|India
|GSLV Mark III
|In service
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|2 mars orbiter(2024)
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| [[Ariane 5]]  || Currently in service || [[Arianespace]] [http://www.arianespace.com/ http://www.arianespace.com] ||
|International
|Sea launch
|Retired
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| [[Ariane 4]]  || Retired || [[Arianespace]] [http://www.arianespace.com/ http://www.arianespace.com]  ||
|Japan
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|HTV-X
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|Russia
 
|Angara
 
|In service
==India==
|Soyuz-2
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|Russia
|Proton
|In service
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|[[ExoMars]] (EU)
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|23,7 t
|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(rocket_family)
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| [[PSLV|Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)]] || Currently in service || [[Indian Space Research Organization]] [http://www.isro.gov.in http://www.isro.gov.in ] ||
|Russia
 
|Soyuz
|In service
|Soyuz
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| [[GSLV|Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)]] [[GSLV III]] || Currently in service || [[Indian Space Research Organization]] [http://www.isro.gov.in http://www.isro.gov.in ] ||
|Russia
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|Zenit
|In service
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|USA
|[[Atlas V]]
|In service
|Dreamchaser
CST-100
|[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter|Mars reconnaissance orbiter]]
[[Mars Science Lab|Mars Science Laboratory]]


[[Mars Orbiter Mission|MAVEN Mars Orbiter]]


==International==
[[InSight Mission|InSight Mars CO]]
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| [[Zenit]] (Sea Launch version) - see Ukraine || Currently in service || [[Sea Launch]] [http://www.sea-launch.com/ http://www.sea-launch.com/] ||
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==Israel==
[[Mars 2020|Mars 2020-Perseverance]]
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| [[Shavit]]  || Currently in service || [[Israeli Aircraft Industries]] [http://www.iai.co.il/ http://www.iai.co.il/] ||
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|USA
|Delta II
|Retired
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|[[Mars Odyssey|2001 Mars Odyssey]]
Mars climate observer


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[[Mars Global Surveyor|Mars global surveyor]]


[[Mars Pathfinder]]


==Japan==
[[Mars Polar Lander|Mars polar lander]]
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| [[H-IIA]] || Currently in service  || [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)]] [http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html] ||
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| [[H-IIB]] || Currently in service  || [[Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)]] [http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html] ||
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[[Phoenix Mars Mission|Mars Phoenix]]


[[Spirit|Mars rover Spirit]]


==Russia==
[[Opportunity|Mars rover Opportunity]]
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| [[Cosmos-3M]] || Currently in service || [[PO Polyot]] [http://www.omsk.net.ru/arm/polyot.htm http://www.omsk.net.ru/arm/polyot.htm ] ||
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| [[Dnepr]] || Currently in service || [[ISC Kosmotras]] [http://www.kosmotras.ru/ http://www.kosmotras.ru/] ||
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| [[Molniya]] || Currently in service || [[Starsem]][http://www.starsem.com/ http://www.starsem.com/] || ||
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| [[Volna]] aka [[Priboy/Surf]] || Currently in service || [[SRC Makeyev]] [http://www.makeyev.ru/english/start.htm/  http://www.makeyev.ru/english/start.htm] ||
|USA
|[[Delta IV-Heavy|Delta IV heavy]]
|In service
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|8 000 kg
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|ULA
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| [[Proton]] || Currently in service || [[International Launch Services]] [http://www.ilslaunch.com/ http://www.ilslaunch.com/]
|USA
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|[[Titan III rocket|Titan III (C)]]
|Retired
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|[[Viking 1|Mars Viking 1 mission]]
[[Viking 2|Mars Viking II mission]]
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| [[Rokot]] || Currently in service || [[EUROCKOT Launch Services GmbH]] [http://www.eurockot.com/ http://www.eurockot.com/ ] ||
|USA
|Vulcan centaur
|Future
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|ULA
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| [[Soyuz (launch vehicle)|Soyuz]] || Currently in service || [[Starsem]][http://www.starsem.com/ http://www.starsem.com/] ||
|USA
|[[Space launch system|SLS]]
|Future
|Orion
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|ULA
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| [[Start-1]] || Currently in service || [[Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology ]] ||
|USA
|[[Falcon 9]]
|In service
|Dragon 2
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|4 020 kg
|22.8 t
|{{space|SpaceX|SpaceX}} http://www.spacex.com/
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|USA
|[[Falcon 9|Falcon Heavy]]
|In service
|Dragon 2
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|16 800 kg
|63 t
|{{space|SpaceX|SpaceX}} http://www.spacex.com/
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|100 000 kg
|100 t
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==Ukraine==
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| [[Tsyklon]] || Currently in service || [[PA Yuzhmash]] [http://www.yuzhmash.com/index_en.htm http://www.yuzhmash.com/index_en.htm] ||
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| [[Zenit]] || Currently in service ||  [http://www.russianspaceweb.com/zenit.html Yuzhnoe Design Bureau] (see also [http://www.sea-launch.com/ Sea Launch]  ||
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==United States==
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| [[Atlas V]]  || Currently in service || [[Lockheed Martin]] [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/ http://www.lockheedmartin.com/] ||
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| [[Delta II]]  || Currently in service || [[Boeing]] [http://www.boeing.com/ http://www.boeing.com/] ||
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| [[Delta IV]] || Currently in service || [[Boeing]] [http://www.boeing.com/ http://www.boeing.com/] ||
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| [[Minotaur]] || Currently in service || [[Orbital Sciences]] [http://www.orbital.com/ http://www.orbital.com/] ||
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| [[Pegasus]]  || Currently in service || [[Orbital Sciences]] [http://www.orbital.com/ http://www.orbital.com/] ||
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| [[Taurus]] || Currently in service || [[Orbital Sciences]] [http://www.orbital.com/ http://www.orbital.com/] ||
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| [[Falcon I]]  || Two Launches Attempted; both failures. || [[SpaceX]] [http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.spacex.com/] ||
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=PROPOSED AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT=
==Australia==
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| [[Ausroc]] || Future Development || vendor needed ||
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==Brazil==
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| [[VLS - Vehiculo Lancador de Satelite]] || Launch attempted || vendor needed ||
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==China==
{| width=75%
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| [[Long March 5]]  || in development || [[China Great Wall Industry Corporation]] [http://www.cgwic.com/ http://www.cgwic.com/] ||
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==European Union==
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| [[Skylon]]  || Proposed || vendor needed ||
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| [[Starchaser Nova 2]] || Future Development || vendor needed ||
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| [[Starchaser Thunderstar]] || Future Development || vendor needed ||
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| [[Vega]] || Future Development || vendor needed ||
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==Iran==
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| [[Shahab-3]]  || Suborbital missile  || vendor needed ||
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| [[Shahab-4]]  || Future Development Orbital || vendor needed ||
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==Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)==
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| [[Taepodong-2]]  || Launch attempted || vendor needed ||
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==Korea (Republic of)==
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| [[KSLV-1]] || Future Development (2008?) || vendor needed ||
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==Russia==
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| [[Soyuz 2]]  || Future Development || vendor needed ||
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| [[Angara]]  || Future Development || [[Khrunichev State Research and Production Center]] [http://www.khrunichev.ru/ http://www.khrunichev.ru/]<BR> ||
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==United States==
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| [[AERA Altairis]] || Future Development || [[Sprague Astronautics]] [http://www.spragueastronautics.com/ http://www.spragueastronautics.com/] ||
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| [[Ares-1]] ([[Crew Transfer Vehicle|Crew Transfer Vehicle]]) || Future Development || [[NASA]] [http://www.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa.gov/] ||
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| [[Ares-5]]  || Future Development || [[NASA]] [http://www.nasa.gov/ http://www.nasa.gov/] ||
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| [[Black Armadillo]] || Future Development || [[Armadillo Aerospace]] [http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/ http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/] ||
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| [[Dream Chaser]]  || Future Development || [[SpaceDev]] [http://www.spacedev.com/ http://www.spacedev.com/] ||
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| [[Falcon I]]  || Launch Attempted || [[SpaceX]] [http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.spacex.com/] ||
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| [[Falcon IX]] || Future Development || [[SpaceX]] [http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.spacex.com/] ||
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| [[Galaxy Express GX]] || Future Development || [[Galaxy Express]] [http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/ http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/] ||
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| [[Interorbital Systems Neptune]] || Future Development || [[Interorbital Systems]] [http://www.interorbital.com/ http://www.interorbital.com/] ||
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| [[Interorbital Systems Neutrino]] || Future Development || [[Interorbital Systems]] [http://www.interorbital.com/ http://www.interorbital.com/] ||
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| [[Masten XA Series]] || Future Development || [[Masten Space Systems]] [http://www.masten-space.com/ http://www.masten-space.com/] ||
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| [[Masten O Series]] || Future Development || [[Masten Space Systems]] [http://www.masten-space.com/ http://www.masten-space.com/] ||
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| [[Masten XL Series]] || Future Development || [[Masten Space Systems]] [http://www.masten-space.com/ http://www.masten-space.com/] ||
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| [[New Shepard]] || Future Development || [[Blue Origin]] [http://public.blueorigin.com/ http://public.blueorigin.com/] ||
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| [[Rocketplane XP]] || Future Development || [[Rocketplane Kistler]] [http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/ http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/] ||
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| [[Rocketplane Kistler K-1]] || Future Development || [[Rocketplane Kistler]] [http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/ http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/] ||
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| [[Scorpius]] || Future Development || [[Scorpius Space Launch Company]] [http://www.scorpius.com/ http://www.scorpius.com/] ||
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| [[Space Adventures Explorer]] || Future Development || [[Space Adventures]] [http://www.spaceadventures.com/ http://www.spaceadventures.com/]<br>[[Russian Federal Space Agency]] [http://www.roscosmos.ru/ http://www.roscosmos.ru/] ||
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| [[SpaceShipTwo]]  || Future Development || [[Scaled Composites]] [http://www.scaled.com/ http://www.scaled.com/] ||
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| [[SpaceShipThree]] || Future Development || [[Scaled Composites]] [http://www.scaled.com/ http://www.scaled.com/] ||
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| [[SpaceX Dragon]] || Future Development || [[SpaceX]] [http://www.spacex.com/ http://www.spacex.com/] ||
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| [[TSpace Crew Transfer Vehicle|T/Space Crew Transfer Vehicle]]|| Future Development || [[Tspace T/Space]] [http://www.transformspace.com/ http://www.transformspace.com/] ||
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| [[X-37B]] || Future Development || [[Boeing]] [http://www.boeing.com/ http://www.boeing.com/] ||
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| [[XCOR Xerus]] || Future Development || [[XCOR Aerospace]] [http://www.xcor.com/ http://www.xcor.com/] ||
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*The canonical reference to launch vehicles is the [http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=360&id=1051 International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems] by Isakowitz, Hopkins, and Hopkins, published by the {{lunarp|American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics|AIAA}}; currently in its 4th edition (2004).  ([http://www.amazon.com/International-Reference-Systems-General-Publication/dp/156347591X Amazon link])
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launcher_families


==External Links==


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=References=
*The canonical reference to launch vehicles is the [http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=360&id=1051 International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems] by Isakowitz, Hopkins, and Hopkins, published by the [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | AIAA]]; currently in its 4th edition (2004).  ([http://www.amazon.com/International-Reference-Systems-General-Publication/dp/156347591X Amazon link])
==External Links==
*[http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rockets_launchers.html Russian Spaceweb] list of existing, historical and proposed Russian and Ukranian launch vehicles
*[http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rockets_launchers.html Russian Spaceweb] list of existing, historical and proposed Russian and Ukranian launch vehicles


 
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Latest revision as of 15:38, 8 September 2021


This is a list of active or future launch systems that can be used for Mars missions.

Country Booster Status Orbital vehicle/

Spacecraft

Mars missions Mars transfer

orbit payload

LEO Vendor
China Long March 2 In service China Great Wall Industry Corporation
China Long March 3 In service China Great Wall Industry Corporation
China Long March 4 In service China Great Wall Industry Corporation
China Long March 5 In service Tianwen-1 China Great Wall Industry Corporation
EU Ariane 4 Retired None Arianespace
EU Ariane 5 In service None 21 t Arianespace
EU Ariane next Future Arianespace
India GSLV Mark III In service 2 mars orbiter(2024)
International Sea launch Retired
Japan H-IIA Active Emirates Mars mission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-IIA
Japan HTV-X Future
Russia Angara In service Soyuz-2
Russia Proton In service ExoMars (EU) 23,7 t https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(rocket_family)
Russia Soyuz In service Soyuz
Russia Soyuz 2 In service Soyuz-2
Ukraine Zenit In service
USA Atlas V In service Dreamchaser

CST-100

Mars reconnaissance orbiter

Mars Science Laboratory

MAVEN Mars Orbiter

InSight Mars CO

Mars 2020-Perseverance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V
USA Delta II Retired 2001 Mars Odyssey

Mars climate observer

Mars global surveyor

Mars Pathfinder

Mars polar lander

Mars Phoenix

Mars rover Spirit

Mars rover Opportunity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_II
USA Delta IV heavy In service 8 000 kg ULA
USA Titan III (C) Retired Mars Viking 1 mission

Mars Viking II mission

USA Vulcan centaur Future ULA
USA SLS Future Orion ULA
USA Falcon 9 In service Dragon 2 4 020 kg 22.8 t SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
USA Falcon Heavy In service Dragon 2 16 800 kg 63 t SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
USA Starship Future Starship 100 000 kg 100 t SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/

References

External Links

  • Russian Spaceweb list of existing, historical and proposed Russian and Ukranian launch vehicles
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