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Contents
HISTORICAL LAUNCHERS
List of Discontinued and Cancelled Boosters
EXISTING LAUNCHERS (Achieved Orbit)
China
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
Long March 2 | Currently in service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation http://www.cgwic.com/ | |
Long March 3 | Currently in service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation http://www.cgwic.com/ | |
Long March 4 | Currently in service | China Great Wall Industry Corporation http://www.cgwic.com/ |
European Union
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
Ariane 5 | Currently in service | Arianespace http://www.arianespace.com | |
Ariane 4 | Retired | Arianespace http://www.arianespace.com |
India
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) | Currently in service | Indian Space Research Organization http://www.isro.gov.in | |
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) GSLV III | Currently in service | Indian Space Research Organization http://www.isro.gov.in |
International
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
Zenit (Sea Launch version) - see Ukraine | Currently in service | Sea Launch http://www.sea-launch.com/ |
Israel
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
Shavit | Currently in service | Israeli Aircraft Industries http://www.iai.co.il/ |
Japan
Booster | Operational Status | Vendor | |
H-IIA | Currently in service | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html | |
H-IIB | Currently in service | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html |
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 | Two Launches Attempted; both failures. | SpaceX http://www.spacex.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
Vehicle | Operational Status | Vendor | |
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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/ | |
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