Revision as of 15:55, 31 August 2021

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


Country	Booster	Status	Orbital vehicle	Mars missions	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	future			China Great Wall Industry Corporation
EU	Ariane 4	Retired			Arianespace
EU	Ariane 5	In service			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
Ukraine
USA	Falcon 9	In service	Dragon 2		SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
USA	Falcon Heavy	In service	Dragon 2		SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
USA	Starship	Future	Starship		SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/

Russia

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Cosmos-3M	Currently in service	PO Polyot http://www.omsk.net.ru/arm/polyot.htm
Dnepr	Currently in service	ISC Kosmotras http://www.kosmotras.ru/
Molniya	Currently in service	Starsemhttp://www.starsem.com/
Volna aka Priboy/Surf	Currently in service	SRC Makeyev http://www.makeyev.ru/english/start.htm
Proton	Currently in service	International Launch Services http://www.ilslaunch.com/
Rokot	Currently in service	EUROCKOT Launch Services GmbH http://www.eurockot.com/
Soyuz	Currently in service	Starsemhttp://www.starsem.com/
Start-1	Currently in service	oscow Institute of Thermal Technology

Ukraine

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Tsyklon	Currently in service	PA Yuzhmash http://www.yuzhmash.com/index_en.htm
Zenit	Currently in service	Yuzhnoe Design Bureau (see also Sea Launch

United States

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Atlas V	Currently in service	Lockheed Martin http://www.lockheedmartin.com/
Delta II	Currently in service	Boeing http://www.boeing.com/
Delta IV	Currently in service	Boeing http://www.boeing.com/
Minotaur	Currently in service	Boeing http://www.orbital.com/
Pegasus	Currently in service	Orbital Sciences http://www.orbital.com/
Taurus	Currently in service	Orbital Sciences http://www.orbital.com/
Falcon I	Retired	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
Falcon 9	Currently in service	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
Falcon Heavy	Currently in service	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/


Orbital Vehicle	Operational Status	Vendor
Dragon	Operational	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
Dragon II	Operational	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
SpaceShipTwo	Under development	Scaled Composites http://www.scaled.com/
Starship	Under Development	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
X-37B	Operationnal	Boeing http://www.boeing.com/

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PROPOSED AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

Australia

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Ausroc	Future Development	vendor needed

Brazil

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

VLS - Vehiculo Lancador de Satelite	Launch attempted	vendor needed

China

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Long March 5	in development	China Great Wall Industry Corporation http://www.cgwic.com/

European Union

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Skylon	Proposed	vendor needed
Starchaser Nova 2	Future Development	vendor needed	Skylon
Starchaser Thunderstar	Future Development	vendor needed
Vega	Future Development	vendor needed

Iran

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Shahab-3	Suborbital missile	vendor needed
Shahab-4	Future Development Orbital	vendor needed

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Taepodong-2	Launch attempted	vendor needed

Korea (Republic of)

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

KSLV-1	Future Development (2008?)	vendor needed

Russia

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

Soyuz 2	Future Development	vendor needed
Angara	Future Development	Khrunichev State Research and Production Center http://www.khrunichev.ru/

United States

Booster	Operational Status	Vendor

AERA Altairis	Future Development	Sprague Astronautics http://www.spragueastronautics.com/
Ares-1 (Crew Transfer Vehicle)	Future Development	NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
Ares-5	Future Development	NASA http://www.nasa.gov/
Black Armadillo	Future Development	Armadillo Aerospace http://www.armadilloaerospace.com/
Dream Chaser	Future Development	SpaceDev http://www.spacedev.com/
Falcon Super Heavy	Under Development	SpaceX http://www.spacex.com/
Galaxy Express GX	Future Development	Galaxy Express http://www.galaxy-express.co.jp/
Interorbital Systems Neptune	Future Development	Interorbital Systems http://www.interorbital.com/
Interorbital Systems Neutrino	Future Development	Interorbital Systems http://www.interorbital.com/
Masten XA Series	Future Development	Masten Space Systems http://www.masten-space.com/
Masten O Series	Future Development	Masten Space Systems http://www.masten-space.com/
Masten XL Series	Future Development	Masten Space Systems http://www.masten-space.com/
New Shepard	Future Development	Blue Origin http://public.blueorigin.com/
Rocketplane XP	Future Development	Rocketplane Kistler http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/
Rocketplane Kistler K-1	Future Development	Rocketplane Kistler http://www.rocketplanekistler.com/
Scorpius	Future Development	Scorpius Space Launch Company http://www.scorpius.com/
Space Adventures Explorer	Future Development	Space Adventures http://www.spaceadventures.com/ Russian Federal Space Agency http://www.roscosmos.ru/
SpaceShipThree	Future Development	Scaled Composites http://www.scaled.com/
T/Space Crew Transfer Vehicle	Future Development	T/Space http://www.transformspace.com/
XCOR Xerus	Future Development	XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor.com/

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)

External Links

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

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