List of orbital launch systems

This is a list of conventional orbital launch systems. This is composed of launch vehicles, and other conventional systems, used to place satellites into orbit.

Argentina[]

ORBIT II – Retired^[1]
TRONADOR – Under Development^[2]

Australia[]

AUSROCK IV – Retired
Eris (Gilmour Space Technologies) – Under Development

Brazil[]

VLS-1 - Retired
VLM – Under Development

China[]

Several rockets of the Long March family

Long March 2F

Ceres-1
Feng Bao 1 - Retired
Kaituozhe-1 - Retired
Kuaizhou
Long March
- Long March 1 - Retired
  - Long March 1D
- Long March 2
  - Long March 2A - Retired
  - Long March 2C
  - Long March 2D
  - Long March 2E - Retired
  - Long March 2F
- Long March 3 - Retired
  - Long March 3A
  - Long March 3B - Retired
  - Long March 3B/E
  - Long March 3C
- Long March 4
  - Long March 4A - Retired
  - Long March 4B
  - Long March 4C
- Long March 5
  - Long March 5B
- Long March 6
- Long March 7
  - Long March 7A
- Long March 8
- 921 rocket – Under Development
- Long March 9 – Under Development
- Long March 11
- Jielong-1
Hyperbola-1

European Union[]

Ariane 5

Ariane
- Ariane 1 – Retired
- Ariane 2 – Retired
- Ariane 3 – Retired
- Ariane 4 – Retired
- Ariane 5
- Ariane 6 – Under Development
- Ariane Next – Under Development
Europa – Retired
Vega

France[]

Diamant - Retired

Germany[]

OTRAG - Retired
Spectrum (Isar Aerospace) – Under Development^{[citation needed]}
RFA One - Rocket Factory Ausgburg Under Development

India[]

(From left to right) ISRO's SLV, ASLV, PSLV, GSLV and GSLV Mk. III rockets

SLV-3 – Retired
ASLV – Retired
PSLV
- PSLV-G – Retired
- PSLV-CA
- PSLV-XL
- PSLV-DL
- PSLV-QL
GSLV
- GSLV Mk I – Retired
- GSLV Mk II
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III
SSLV – Under development
RLV – Under development
ADMIRE test vehicle^[3] (demonstration of VTVL reusable launcher) – Under development
Unified Modular Launch Vehicle – Under Development^[4]
Skyroot Aerospace Launch Vehicles
- Vikram-I – Under Development
- Vikram-II – Under Development
- Vikram-III – Under Development
Bellatrix Aerospace Launch Vehicles
- Chetak – Under Development
AgniKul Cosmos Launch Vehicles
- Agnibaan – Under Development

Indonesia[]

RPS-420 (Pengorbitan-1) – Under Development^[5]
RPS-550 (Pengorbitan-2) – Under Development^[5]

Iran[]

Simorgh SLV

Safir – Retired
Simorgh
Qased
Zuljanah - Under Development

Iraq[]

Al Abid - Abandoned in R&D phase^[6]

Israel[]

Shavit 2

Italy[]

Vega (jointly with European Space Agency)

Japan[]

Mu rockets

H-II series

Εpsilon

Lambda - Retired
- L-4S
Mu - Retired
- M-4S [ja]^[7]
- M-3C [ja]^[8]
- M-3H [ja]^[9]
- M-3S [ja; pl]^[10]
- M-3SII [ja; pl]^[11]
- M-V
N - Retired
- N-I
- N-II
H-I - Retired
H-II
- H-II - Retired
- H-IIA
- H-IIB - Retired
H3 - Under Development^{[citation needed]}
J-I - Retired
GX - Cancelled
Epsilon
SS-520
ZERO - Under Development

New Zealand[]

Electron (Rocket Lab, developed in New Zealand^[12] and the United States)
Neutron - Under Development

North Korea[]

Paektusan-1 - Retired
Unha-2 - Retired
Unha-3

Taiwan[]

TSLV - Under Development^[13]^[14]
Hapith V - Under Development^[15]^[16]
HTTP-3a - Under Development^[17]

Philippines[]

Haribon SLS-1 (OrbitX) – Open

Romania[]

Haas – Open

Soviet Union and successor states[]

Russia/USSR

Proton-K

Soyuz-FG

Dnepr-1

Angara Family

Angara
CORONA (SSTO) – Open
Kosmos - Retired
- Kosmos-1
- Kosmos-2I
- Kosmos-3
- Kosmos-3M
Lin Industrial projects^[18]
- Adler – Under Development^[19]
- Aldan – Under Development^[20]
- Aniva – Under Development^[21]
- Taymyr – Under Development^[22]
- Vyuga – Under Development
N1 - Retired
R-7
- Luna - Retired
- Molniya - Retired
  - Molniya-M
  - Molniya-L
- Polyot - Retired
- Soyuz family
  - Soyuz - Retired
    - Soyuz-L
    - Soyuz-M
    - Soyuz-U - Retired
      - Soyuz-U2
      - Soyuz-FG
    - Soyuz-2
      - Soyuz 2.1A
      - Soyuz 2.1B
      - Soyuz 2.1V
- Sputnik - Retired
- Voskhod - Retired
- Vostok - Retired
  - Vostok-L
  - Vostok-K
  - Vostok-2
  - Vostok-2M
  - Soyuz/Vostok
R-29
- Shtil'
- Volna
Rus-M – Canceled
Start-1
Universal Rocket
- UR-100
  - Rokot
  - Strela
- Proton (UR-500) - Retired
  - Proton-K
  - Proton-M
Energia - Retired

Ukraine

Zenit
- Zenit 2 - Retired
- Zenit-2M - Retired
- Zenit-3SL
- Zenit 3SLB
- Zenit-3F
R-36
- Dnepr
- Tsyklon
  - Tsyklon-2 - Retired
  - Tsyklon-3 - Retired
  - Tsyklon-4 – Abandoned
    - Cyclone-4M - Under Development^[23]

South Africa[]

RSA - Cancelled
- RSA-1
- RSA-2
- RSA-3
– Under Development^[24]

South Korea[]

Blue Whale 1 (Perigee Aerospace) – Under Development
Icarus family (Innospace) – Under Development^[25]
- Icarus-N
- Icarus-M
- Icarus-S
Naro family
- KSLV-1 (Naro) - Retired^[26]^[27]
- KSLV-2 (Nuri) – Under Development
- KSLV-S - Under Development

Spain[]

Capricornio - Cancelled
PLD Space Miura 5 - Under development

Turkey[]

UFS - Under Development^[28]

United Kingdom[]

Black Arrow - Retired
Black Prince - Cancelled^[29]
Prime - Under Development^[30]
Skyrora XL - Under Development^[31]
Skylon - Under Development

United States[]

Comparison of Saturn V, Space Shuttle, three Ares rockets, and SLS Block 1

Atlas rockets

Delta rockets

Falcon rockets

Titan rockets

Alpha (Firefly Aerospace)
Antares
Ares – Canceled
- Ares I
- Ares IV
- Ares V
Athena - Retired
- Athena I
- Athena II
Atlas
- Atlas B - Retired
- Atlas D - Retired
- Atlas-Able - Retired
- Atlas-Agena - Retired
- Atlas E/F - Retired
- Atlas H - Retired
- Atlas LV-3B - Retired
- Atlas SLV-3 - Retired
- Atlas-Centaur- Retired
  - Atlas G - Retired
  - Atlas I - Retired
  - Atlas II - Retired
  - Atlas III - Retired
  - Atlas V
Conestoga - Retired
Electron (Rocket Lab) (New Zealand/United States company)
Minotaur
- Minotaur I
- Minotaur IV
- Minotaur V
- Minotaur-C
New Glenn (Blue Origin) - Under Development^[32]
OmegA - Canceled
Pegasus
Phantom Express - Canceled
Pilot - Retired
Redstone - Retired
- Juno I
- Sparta
Jupiter
- Juno II
Saturn - Retired
- Saturn I
  - Saturn IB
- Saturn V
Scout - Retired
- Scout X-1
- Scout X-2
- Scout X-2B
- Scout X-2M
- Scout A
- Scout A-1
- Scout B
- Scout B-1
- Scout D-1
Space Shuttle - Retired
Space Launch System - Under Development
SpaceX launch vehicles
- Falcon 1 - Retired
  - Falcon 1e - Canceled
- Falcon 5 - Canceled
- Falcon 9
  - Falcon 9 Air - Canceled
  - Falcon 9 v1.0 - Retired
  - Falcon 9 v1.1 - Retired
  - Falcon 9 Full Thrust
  - Falcon 9 Block 5
- Falcon Heavy
- Starship - Under Development
Terran 1 (Relativity Space) – Under Development
Terran R (Relativity Space) – Under Development
Thor - Retired
- Thor-Able - Retired
- Thor-Ablestar - Retired
- Thor-Agena - Retired
  - Thorad-Agena - Retired
- Thor-Burner - Retired
- Thor DSV-2U - Retired
- Delta
  - Thor-Delta - Retired
  - Delta A - Retired
  - Delta B - Retired
  - Delta C - Retired
  - Delta D - Retired
  - Delta E - Retired
  - Delta G - Retired
  - Delta J - Retired
  - Delta L - Retired
  - Delta M - Retired
  - Delta N - Retired
  - Delta II - Retired
  - Delta III - Retired
  - Delta IV - Retired
  - Delta IV Heavy
LauncherOne
Titan - Retired
- Titan II GLV
- Titan 23G
- Titan IIIA
- Titan IIIB
- Titan IIIC
- Titan IIID
- Titan IIIE
- Titan 34D
- Commercial Titan III
- Titan IV
Vanguard - Retired
Vector-R - Under Development
Vector-H - Under Development
Vulcan - Under Development

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List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara A5 Antares 230+ Ariane 5 Atlas V Ceres-1 Delta IV Heavy Electron Epsilon Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha^† GSLV Mk II Mk III H-IIA Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11^† Kaituozhe 2 LauncherOne Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 7 7A 8 11 Minotaur I IV V C OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qased Rocket 3^† Safir Shavit Simorgh^† Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v Unha Vega Zenit 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque-1^†
In development	Agnibaan Amur Angara 1.2 Antariksh - 1 Ariane 6 Bloostar Chetak Cyclone-4M Eris Firefly Beta H3 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 921 rocket 9 Miura 5 Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 Nuri OS-M2 OS-M4 Orbex Prime Phoenix Red Dwarf SLV-1T SLV-VT SLS Block 1 Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 SSLV Starship Terran 1 R Vega C Vega E Vikram - I Vikram - II Vikram - III Vulcan Zero Zhuque-2
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 Ariane 1 2 3 4 ASLV Athena I II Atlas B D E/F G H I II III LV-3B SLV-3 Able Agena Centaur Black Arrow Conestoga^† Delta A B C D E G J L M N 0100 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 II III IV Diamant Dnepr Energia Europa^† Falcon 1 Falcon 9 v1.0 v1.1 v1.2 "Full Thrust" Feng Bao 1 GSLV Mk I H-I H-II H-IIB Juno I Juno II Kaituozhe-1 Kosmos 1 2I 3 3M Lambda 4S Long March 1 1D^† 2A 2E 3 3B 4A Mu 4S 3C 3H 3S 3SII V N1^† N-I N-II Naro-1 Paektusan Pilot-2^† R-7 Luna Molniya M L Polyot Soyuz original FG L M U U2 Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Saturn I IB V Scout SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Thor Able Ablestar Agena Burner Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M
Classes	Sounding rocket Small-lift launch vehicle Medium-lift launch vehicle Heavy-lift launch vehicle Super heavy-lift launch vehicle
This Template lists historical, current, and future space rockets that at least once attempted (but not necessarily succeeded in) an orbital launch or that are planned to attempt such a launch in the future Symbol ^† indicates past or current rockets that attempted orbital launches but never succeeded (never did or has yet to perform a successful orbital launch)