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x Saturn V The first Saturn V, AS-501, before the launch of Apollo 4 Lunar Launch Vehicle Boeing United States of America
The Saturn V (pronounced "Saturn Five") was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. In total NASA launched thirteen Saturn V rockets with no loss of payload. It remains the largest...
Manned LEO North American Aviation
Launch vehicle Douglas Aircraft Company
Low Earth orbit
x Soyuz launch vehicle A Soyuz rocket, at Baikanur launch pad.   S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Russia
Soyuz (Russian: Союз, meaning "union", GRAU index 11A511) is a family of expendable launch systems developed by OKB-1, and manufactured by TsSKB-Progress in Samara, Russia. They are used as the launcher for the manned Soyuz spacecraft as part of the...
x Dnepr launch vehicle Dnepr rocket lift-off 1 Launch vehicle Yuzhmash Ukraine
The Dnepr rocket (Ukrainian: Дніпро, Dnipro; Russian: Днепр, Dnepr) is a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It is a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by launch service provider ISC...
Soviet Union
x Aquarius Launch Vehicle     Space Systems/Loral  
Space Systems/Loral's Aquarius Launch Vehicle is a low-cost launch vehicle designed to carry small, inexpensive payoads into LEO. The vehicle will be primarily intended to launch into orbit bulk products, like water, fuel, and other consumables,...
x Long March rocket Long March 2F launch vehicle   China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology  
A Long March rocket (simplified Chinese: 长征系列运载火箭; traditional Chinese: 長征系列運載火箭; pinyin: Chángzhēng xìliè yùnzài huǒjiàn) is any rocket in a family of expendable launch systems operated by the People's Republic of China. Development and design...
x Long March 2 rocket family Long March 2F launch vehicle   China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology  
Long March 2 rocket family is an expendable launch system operated by the People's Republic of China. Development and design falls mostly under the auspices of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The rockets are, confusingly, abbreviated...
x Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle   Indian Space Research Organisation India
The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (usually known by its abbreviation, GSLV) is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to enable India to launch its INSAT-type satellites into...
x Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicle        
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) was the springboard to the advanced Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The ASLV was not a simple variant of the SLV-3 but a more complex vehicle. The ASLV is actually a 5-stage vehicle since the core...
x Korea Space Launch Vehicle A 2005 model of KSLV-1 rocket to be launched at 2007/2008.   Khrunichev  
The Naro-1, previously designated Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV, is Russian-South Korean and South Korea's first carrier rocket, which made its maiden flight on 25 August 2009. It is built by Khrunichev (Russia) and KARI, the national space...
x Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C8 with AGILE Launch vehicle Indian Space Research Organisation India
The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (Hindi: ध्रुवीय उपग्रह प्रक्षेपण यान), commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow...
Low Earth orbit
x Satellite Launch Vehicle        
The Indian Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV (उपग्रह प्रक्षेपण यान) was a project started in the early 1970s by Indian Space Research Organisation to develop the technology needed to launch satellites. The project leader was Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. SLV...
x Taurus rocket Taurus 3210 launching ROCSAT 2 on May 20, 2004 Launch vehicle Orbital Sciences Corporation United States of America
Taurus is a four stage, solid fuel launch vehicle built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. It is based on the air-launched Pegasus rocket from the same manufacturer. The Taurus rocket is able to carry a payload of around 1,350 kg into a low Earth...
x Saturn INT-21 A Saturn INT-21 launches the Skylab space station, on May 14, 1973 Space station North American Aviation United States of America
The Saturn INT-21 was an American orbital launch vehicle of the 1970s. It was derived from the Saturn V rocket used for the Apollo program, and is casually referred to as a "modified Saturn V." It was only launched once, from Kennedy Space Center at...
Launch vehicle Boeing
x Diamant Diamant P6230215 Launch vehicle   France
The Diamant rocket (diamant is French for "diamond") was the first exclusively French expendable launch system and at the same time the first satellite launcher not built by either USA or USSR. As such it is the main predecessor of all subsequent...
x Saturn-Shuttle Ksc-69pc-442 Launch vehicle Lockheed Martin United States of America
The Saturn-Shuttle was a proposed interface of the Space Shuttle orbiter and external tank with the S-IC stage on the Saturn V rocket. An interstage would be fitted on top of the S-IC stage to support the external tank, formerly occupied by the S-II...
Low Earth orbit Rockwell International
Boeing
x Zenit rocket px Launch vehicle Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Ukraine
Zenit (Ukrainian: Зеніт, Russian: Зени́т; meaning Zenith) is a family of space launch vehicles designed by the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine. Zenit was built in the 1980s for two purposes: as a liquid rocket booster for the Energia rocket and,...
x Ares V Artist's impression of an Ares V during SRB separation   Alliant Techsystems United States of America
The Ares V (formerly known as the Cargo Launch Vehicle or CaLV) is the cargo launch component of the upcoming Constellation program, which will replace the Space Shuttle after its retirement in 2010. Initially, the Ares V will launch the Earth...
x Jupiter-C A Jupiter-C sounding rocket on the launch pad Sounding rocket Army Ballistic Missile Agency United States of America
The Jupiter-C was a type of sounding rocket used for three sub-orbital spaceflights conducted in 1956 and 1957. It was designed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), and all three flights were launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force...
x Atlas II Launch of an Atlas II rocket. (NASA) Launch vehicle Lockheed Martin United States of America
Atlas II was a member of the Atlas family of launch vehicles, which evolved from the successful Atlas missile program of the 1950s. Atlas II was the last Atlas to use a three engine, "stage-and-a-half" design: two of its three engines were...
x Minotaur Minotaur-1 rocket launching Mightysat-2.1 satellite   Orbital Sciences Corporation United States of America
The Minotaur is a family of American solid fuel rockets derived from converted Minuteman and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. They are built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Two variants of the Minotaur are currently in service. The...
x SpaceLoft XL 060323_upaero_rocket_02.jpg Sounding rocket UP Aerospace United States of America
The SpaceLoft XL is a sounding rocket developed by UP Aerospace. The rocket has a diameter of 10 inches (25 cm), and is 20 feet (6 m) long. It is capable of lofting a 110 lb (50 kg) payload to a sub-orbital trajectory with an apogee of 140 miles ...
x Saturn IB The Saturn IB rocket for the AS-202 mission. Launch vehicle Chrysler LLC United States of America
The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which featured a much more powerful second stage, the S-IVB. Unlike the earlier Saturn I, the IB had enough throw weight to launch the Apollo Command/Service Module or Lunar Module into Earth...
Low Earth orbit Douglas Aircraft Company
x Starchaser 4   Sounding rocket Starchaser Industries United Kingdom
The Starchaser 4, also known as Nova was a British prototype rocket built by Starchaser Industries. It was launched once in 2001, after which it was retired due to fin damage sustained on landing. The single flight occurred on 22 November 2001, from...
x Atlas III The maiden flight of the Atlas III Launch vehicle Lockheed Martin United States of America
The Lockheed Martin Atlas III was an American orbital launch vehicle, used between 2000 and 2005. It was the first member of the Atlas family since the Atlas A to feature a "normal" staging method, compared to the previous Atlas family members,...
x Soyuz 2 rocket A Metop spacecraft ready for the launch atop a Soyuz-2.1a rocket. Launch vehicle S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Russia
Soyuz-2, GRAU index 14A14, is the collective designation for the new version of the Russian Soyuz rocket. In its basic form, it is a three-stage carrier rocket for placing payloads into low Earth orbit. The first stage boosters and two core stages...
x Saturn II Ksc-69pc-442 Launch vehicle North American Aviation United States of America
The Saturn II was a proposed American Expendable launch vehicle, derived from the Saturn V rocket that was used for the Apollo lunar program. The basic concept of the Saturn II was to save money by ceasing production of the Saturn IB rocket, and...
Douglas Aircraft Company
x DIRECT The Jupiter common core stage is based heavily on Space Shuttle components   Alliant Techsystems United States of America
DIRECT is a proposed alternative Shuttle-Derived Launch Vehicle architecture supporting NASA's Vision for Space Exploration, which would replace the space agency's planned Ares I and Ares V rockets with another family of launch vehicles named ...
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Lockheed Martin
Rocketdyne
United Space Alliance
x H-II The launch of H-II Flight 4, carrying ADEOS Launch vehicle Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Japan
The H-II (H2) rocket was a Japanese satellite launch system, which flew seven times between 1994 and 1999, with five successes. It was developed by NASDA in order to give Japan a capability to launch larger satellites of the 1990s. It was the first...
x Ares I Artist's impression of Ares I launch Launch vehicle Thiokol United States of America
Ares I is the crew launch vehicle being developed by NASA as a component of the Constellation Program. The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars. Ares I was originally known as the "Crew Launch Vehicle...
Boeing
Alliant Techsystems
x N1 rocket Two N1 Moon rockets appear on the pads at Baikonur Cosmodrome in early July 1969 Launch vehicle S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Soviet Union
N1 or N-1 or 11A52 (Н1, Н-1, 11А52 in Russian) was a secret Soviet rocket intended to send Soviet cosmonauts to the Moon. It is also known in the West as the G-1e or SL-15. The Soviet classified technical name N1 was an abbreviation from the Russian...
x Europa rocket Europa II rocket Launch vehicle European Launcher Development Organisation  
The Europa rocket was an early expendable launch system of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO), which was the precursor to the European Space Agency and its Ariane family of launchers. The programme was initiated by the UK and the...
x Black Arrow Black Arrow Launch vehicle Saunders-Roe United Kingdom
Black Arrow, officially capitalised BLACK ARROW, was a British satellite carrier rocket. Developed during the 1960s, it was used for four launches between 1969 and 1971. Its final flight was the first successful orbital launch to be conducted by the...
Satellite Royal Aircraft Establishment
x Martin Marietta Spacemaster   Launch vehicle Martin Marietta United States of America
The Martin Marietta Spacemaster was a proposed configuration for what became the Space Shuttle, which featured an X-24-derived orbiter, and an unusual “catamaran style” booster stage. During launch and ascent, the orbiter would be located in a...
x GSLV III Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle III   Indian Space Research Organisation India
The GSLV-III or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle mark III is a launch vehicle currently under development by the Indian Space Research Organization. It is intended to launch heavy satellites into geostationary orbit, and will allow India to...
x Vanguard rocket Launch of Vanguard rocket. (U.S. Navy) Launch vehicle Martin Marietta United States of America
The Vanguard rocket was intended to be the first launch vehicle the United States would use to place a satellite into orbit. Instead, the Sputnik crisis caused by the surprise launch of Sputnik 1 led the U.S., after the failure of Vanguard TV3, to...
Glenn L. Martin Company
x Atlas V MRO-launch EELV United Launch Alliance United States of America
Atlas V is an active expendable launch system in the Atlas rocket family. Atlas V was formerly operated by Lockheed Martin, and is now operated by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance. Each Atlas V rocket uses a Russian...
Launch vehicle
x Voskhod rocket Voskhod rocket Launch vehicle S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Soviet Union
The Voskhod rocket (Russian: Восход, "ascent", "dawn") was a derivative of the Soviet R-7 ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for launching Zenit reconnaissance satellites. It combined the R-7 with an upper stage that...
Low Earth orbit
x Saturn INT-20   Launch vehicle Douglas Aircraft Company United States of America
The Saturn INT-20 was a proposed intermediate payload follow-on from the Apollo Saturn V launch vehicle. An interstage would be fitted on top of the S-IC stage to support the S-IVB stage, so it could be considered either a retrofitted Saturn IB with...
Low Earth orbit Boeing
x VLS-1   Launch vehicle   Brazil
The VLS - Satellite Launch Vehicle - (Portuguese: "Veículo Lançador de Satélites") is the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle project . The project's goal is to develop a launch vehicle capable of launching small general-purpose...
x Cosmos-3M     Yuzhnoye Design Bureau Russia
The Kosmos-3M (Russian: Космос-3М meaning "Cosmos", GRAU index 11K65M) is a Russian space launch vehicle. It is a liquid-fueled two-stage rocket, first launched in 1967 and with over 410 successful launches to its name. The Cosmos 3M uses nitrogen...
Soviet Union
x Falcon 1 Falcon 1 rocket. Launch vehicle SpaceX United States of America
The Falcon 1 is a partially reusable launch system designed and manufactured by SpaceX. The two-stage-to-orbit rocket uses LOX/RP-1 for both stages, the first powered by a single Merlin engine and the second powered by a single Kestrel engine. It...
x Juno I Juno I satellite launch vehicle. (USAF) Launch vehicle Army Ballistic Missile Agency United States of America
The Juno I was a satellite launch vehicle, derived from, and commonly confused with, the Jupiter-C sounding rocket. It is most well known for launching America's first satellite, Explorer 1. It consisted of a Jupiter-C rocket, with a fourth stage...
x Polyot   Launch vehicle S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Soviet Union
The Polyot (Also known as Sputnik, GRAU index 11A59) was an interim orbital carrier rocket, built to test ASAT spacecraft. It was required as a stopgap after the cancellation of the UR-200 programme, but before the Tsyklon could enter service. Only...
x Delta III rocket A Delta III rocket on the launch pad Launch vehicle Boeing United States of America
The Delta III rocket was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998. Of its three flights, the first two were failures, and the third, though declared successful, did not reach its intended orbit...
x Titan I Launch of a Titan I ICBM from Cape Canaveral Intercontinental ballistic missile Glenn L. Martin Company United States of America
The Titan I was the United States' first true multistage ICBM. It was the first in a series of Titan rockets, but was unique among them in that it used LOX and RP-1 as its propellants, while the later Titan versions all used storeable fuels instead....
x Delta II A Delta II rocket launches from Cape Canaveral carrying a GPS satellite Launch vehicle United Launch Alliance United States of America
Delta II is a space launch system originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and has been in service since 1989. Delta II vehicles include the retired Delta 6000, the active Delta 7000, and two...
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing
x Black Knight Black Knight BK02   Saunders-Roe United Kingdom
Black Knight was a British launch vehicle to test and verify the design of a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak missile. The United Kingdom's first indigenous rocketry project, Black Knight was manufactured by Saunders-Roe on the Isle of Wight,...
x Saturn C-8 Saturn C-8 Launch Vehicle Launch vehicle   United States of America
The Saturn C-8 was the largest Saturn rocket to be designed. It was an alternative to the Nova rocket, should a direct landing method of lunar exploration have been chosen by NASA for the Apollo program. The first stage was an increased diameter...
x Titan II Titan2 color silo Intercontinental ballistic missile Martin Marietta United States of America
The Titan II was an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and space launcher developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally used as an ICBM. It was later used as a medium-lift space launch...
Launch vehicle Glenn L. Martin Company
x Saturn I The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961 Launch vehicle Chrysler LLC United States of America
The Saturn I was the United States' first dedicated "space launcher," a rocket designed specifically to launch loads into Earth's orbit. Most of the rocket's power came from a "clustered" lower stage consisting of tanks taken from older rocket...
Low Earth orbit Convair
Douglas Aircraft Company
x Delta IV rocket Delta IV Medium launch carrying DSCS III-B6 Launch vehicle United Launch Alliance United States of America
Delta IV is an active expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family. Delta IV uses rockets designed by Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems division and built in the United Launch Alliance (ULA) facility in Decatur, Alabama. Final assembly is...
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
Boeing
x Energia An artist's conception of the Buran Soviet space shuttle lifting off atop the immense Energia booster Launch vehicle S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Soviet Union
Energia (Russian: Энергия, Energiya, "Energy") was a Soviet rocket that was designed by NPO Energia to serve as a heavy-lift expendable launch system as well as a booster for the Buran Space Shuttle. It had the capacity to place about 100 metric...
Low Earth orbit
x Falcon 9 Falcon 9 variants Launch vehicle SpaceX United States of America
The Falcon 9 is a reusable two-stage-to-orbit, liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) powered launch vehicle manufactured by SpaceX. It is scheduled to have its maiden launch in 2010. Multiple variants are planned with payloads of...
x Falcon 5 Early Falcon 5 design Launch vehicle SpaceX United States of America
The Falcon 5 was a proposed two-stage-to-orbit partially reusable launch vehicle designed by SpaceX, since canceled and replaced by the Falcon 9. The first stage of Falcon 5 was to be powered by five Merlin engines and the upper stage by one Merlin...
x Vostok rocket Vostok 8K72K rocket on display in Moscow      
Vostok (Russian Восток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the human spaceflight programme but later used for other satellite launches. It was a subset of the R-7 family of rockets....
x R-7 Semyorka Vostok 8K72K rocket on display in Moscow      
The R-7 Semyorka (Russian: Р-7 "Семёрка") was the world's first true intercontinental ballistic missile and was deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War from 1959 to 1968. To the West it was known by the NATO reporting name SS-6 Sapwood and...
x SpaceDev Dream Chaser(TM) Space Transportation System DC_advanced.jpg Spaceplane   United States of America
The SpaceDev Dream Chaser is a planned crewed suborbital and orbital spacecraft being developed by SpaceDev. Dream Chaser will be able to carry six to eight people to and from space. The vehicle launches vertically and lands horizontally on...
Human spaceflight
x Skylon Orbital_640.jpg Orbital spaceflight   United Kingdom
In aerospace, Skylon is a design by Reaction Engines Limited (managed by British rocket scientist Alan Bond) for an airbreathing single-stage to orbit, precooled air turboramjet based spaceplane. A fleet of vehicles is envisaged; each vehicle would...
Spaceplane
Reusable launch system
Single-stage-to-orbit
x AVATAR Avatar.jpg Spaceplane    
AVATAR is a conceptual HOTOL, SSTO spaceplane being developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. AVATAR standards for Aerobic Vehicle for hypersonic Aerospace TrAnspoRtation, which is probably a backronym. It is planned to be...
x Rocketplane XP Rocketplane XP Vehicle     United States of America
The Rocketplane XP is a suborbital spaceplane under development by Rocketplane Limited, Inc.. The vehicle is powered by two jet engines and a rocket engine, enabling it to reach suborbital space. The XP is designed to operate from existing...
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