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Revision as of 15:29, 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 |
Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | Long March 2 | In service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation
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| China | Long March 3 | In service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation
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| China | Long March 4 | In service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation
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| China | Long March 5 | In service | Tianwen-1 | China Great Wall Industry Corporation
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| EU | Ariane 4 | Retired | None | Arianespace
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| EU | Ariane 5 | In service | None | Arianespace
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| EU | Ariane next | Future | Arianespace
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| 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) | 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 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V | |
| USA | Delta II | Retired | 2001 Mars Odyssey
Mars climate observer |
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 | |||
| USA | Vulcan centaur | Future | ULA | |||
| USA | SLS | Future | Orion | ULA | ||
| USA | Falcon 9 | In service | Dragon 2 | 4 020 kg | SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
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| USA | Falcon Heavy | In service | Dragon 2 | 16 800 kg | SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
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| USA | Starship | Future | Starship | 100 000 kg | SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
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References
- The canonical reference to launch vehicles is the International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems by Isakowitz, Hopkins, and Hopkins, published by the AIAA
; currently in its 4th edition (2004). (Amazon link) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_orbital_launcher_families
External Links
- Russian Spaceweb list of existing, historical and proposed Russian and Ukranian launch vehicles