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

Canada

Aurora – Under development

China

Long March 2F

Ceres-1
Feng Bao 1 – Retired
Hyperbola-1
Jielong
- Jielong 1
- Jielong 3
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 6A
- Long March 7
  - Long March 7A
- Long March 8
- 921 rocket – Under Development
- Long March 9 – Under Development
- Long March 11
Tianlong-2
Zhuque
- Zhuque-1 (retired)
- Zhuque-2
ZK-1A

European Union

Ariane
- Ariane 1 – Retired
- Ariane 2 – Retired
- Ariane 3 – Retired
- Ariane 4 – Retired
- Ariane 5 – Retired
- Ariane 6 – Under Development
- Ariane Next – Under Development
Europa – Retired
- Europa I – Retired
- Europa II – Retired
Vega
- Vega – Operational
- Vega-C – Operational
- Vega-E – Under Development

France

Diamant – Retired
- Diamant A – Retired 1965-1967^[3]
- Diamant B – Retired 1970-1971^[3]
- Diamant BP4 – Retired 1972-1975^[3]
Zéphyr (Latitude) – Under Development

Germany

OTRAG – Retired
Spectrum (Isar Aerospace) – Under Development^[4]
RFA One (Rocket Factory Augsburg AG) – Under Development
SL1 (HyImpulse) – Under Development

India

Agnikul Cosmos's Agnibaan rocket.

ISRO/DoS systems

SLV-3 – Retired
Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) – Retired
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)
- PSLV-G – Retired
- PSLV-CA – Operational
- PSLV-XL – Operational
- PSLV-DL – Operational
- PSLV-QL – Operational
Geosychronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
- GSLV Mark I – Retired
- GSLV Mark II – Operational
- GEV: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign.^[5]^[6]^[7]
Launch Vehicle Mark III (LVM-3)
- LVM 3 – Operational
- Human-rated LVM 3 – Under development
- LVM 3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) – Operational
Nano Satellite Launch Vehicle (NSLV) – Under development
Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV) – Under development^[8]^[9]

Private agencies

Vikram rocket family (Skyroot Aerospace):
- Vikram I – Under Development
- Vikram II – Proposed
- Vikram III – Proposed
Chetak (Bellatrix Aerospace) – Concept only
Garuda (Bellatrix Aerospace) – Concept only
Agnibaan (AgniKul Cosmos) – Under Development
Garuda-I (MTAR) - Under development
Phoenix (STAR Lab Surat) – Proposed
Kalam (STAR Lab Surat) – Proposed
RATAN-RLS (ORBITX India) – Proposed
ATAL-II-RLS (ORBITX India) – Proposed
SLV-1T (Urvyam Aerospace) – Proposed
SLV-VT (Urvyam Aerospace) – Proposed
Razor Crest Mk-1 (EtherealX) – Proposed

Iran

Safir – Retired
Simorgh – Under Development
Qased
Qaem 100
Zuljanah – Under Development

Iraq

Al Abid – Abandoned in R&D phase^[10]

Israel

Shavit 2

Italy

SISPRE C-41 – Retired
Italian LTV SCOUT (jointly with United States of America) – Retired
AERITALIA/SNIA/BPD ALFA – Retired
ALENIA/SNIA-BPD SAN MARCO SCOUT (jointly with NASA) – Cancelled
Vega (jointly with European Space Agency)
- Vega – Retired
- Vega-C – Operational
T4i Odyssey – Under Development

Italian Rockets

Japan

Εpsilon

Lambda – Retired
- L-4S
Mu – Retired
- M-4S [ja]^[11]
- M-3C [ja]^[12]
- M-3H [ja]^[13]
- M-3S [ja; pl]^[14]
- M-3SII [ja; pl]^[15]
- M-V
N – Retired
- N-I
- N-II
H-I – Retired
H-II
- H-II – Retired
- H-IIA
- H-IIB – Retired
H3 – Operational
J-I – Retired
GX – Cancelled
Epsilon
SS-520
ZERO – Under Development

Malaysia

DNLV (Independence-X Aerospace) – Under Development

New Zealand

Electron (Rocket Lab, developed in New Zealand^[16] and the United States)
Neutron – Under Development

North Korea

Chollima-1
Paektusan-1 – Retired
Unha
- Unha-2 – Retired
- Unha-3

Taiwan

TSLV – Under Development^[17]^[18]
Hapith V – Under Development^[19]^[20]
HTTP-3a – Under Development^[21]

Philippines

Haribon SLS-1 (OrbitX) – Under Development

Romania

Haas – Under Development

Singapore

Volans (Equatorial Space Systems) – Under Development

Soviet Union and successor states (Russia and Ukraine)

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^[22]
- Adler – Under Development^[23]
- Aldan – Under Development^[24]
- Aniva – Under Development^[25]
- Taymyr – Under Development^[26]
- 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
- Stalker (rocket)^[27]
- 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^[28]

South Africa

RSA – Cancelled
- RSA-1
- RSA-2
- RSA-3
CHEETAH-1 – Under Development^[29]

South Korea

Blue Whale 1 (Perigee Aerospace) – Under Development
Icarus family (Innospace) – Under Development^[30]
- Icarus-N
- Icarus-M
- Icarus-S
Naro family
- KSLV-1 (Naro) – Retired^[31]^[32]
- KSLV-2 (Nuri)

Spain

INTA Family
- INTA Capricornio – Cancelled
- INTA Programa PILUM – Under Development
PLD Space Family
- PLD Space Miura 5 – Under development
- PLD Space Miura 1 – Launched^[33]
Pangea Aerospace Family
- Pangea Aerospace Meso – Under development
Zero 2 Infinity Family
- Zero 2 Infinity Bloostar – Under development'
Celestia Aerospace Family
- Celestia Aerospace Sagittarius – Under development

Turkey

UFS – Under Development since 2007^[34]

United Kingdom

Black Arrow – Retired
Black Prince – Cancelled^[35]
Prime (Orbex) – Under Development^[36]
Skyrora XL (Skyrora) – Under Development^[37]
Skylon (Reaction Engines) – Under Development

United States

Active

Alpha (Firefly Aerospace)
Antares (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
Atlas V (United Launch Alliance)
Electron (Rocket Lab) (New Zealand/United States company)
Minotaur (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
Pegasus (Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems)
RS1 (ABL Space Systems)
Space Launch System (NASA)
SpaceX launch vehicles
- Falcon 9 Block 5 – Operational
- Falcon Heavy – Operational
- Starship – Under development

Inactive

Ares – Canceled
- Ares I
- Ares IV
- Ares V
Astra Space launch vehicles
- Rocket 3 – Retired
- Rocket 4 – Under development
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
Conestoga – Retired
LauncherOne
Minotaur
New Glenn (Blue Origin) – Under Development^[38]
OmegA – Canceled
Orbital Accelerator (SpinLaunch) – Under Development^[39]

Phantom Express – Canceled
Pilot – Retired
Redstone – Retired
- Juno I
- Sparta
Jupiter
- Juno II
Relativity Space launch vehicles
- Terran 1 – Retired
- Terran R – Under Development
Saturn
- Saturn I – Retired 1961-1963^[40]^[41]
  - Saturn IB – Retired 1966-1975^[42]^[43]
- Saturn V – Retired 1967-1973^[44]
Scout – Retired
- Scout X-1
- Scout X-2
- Scout X-2B
- Scout X-2M
- Scout X-3
- Scout X-3M
- Scout X-4
- Scout A
- Scout A-1
- Scout B
- Scout B-1
- Scout D-1
- Scout E-1
- Scout F-1
- Scout G-1
Space Shuttle – Retired
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 – Retired
- Super Heavy (booster) – 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 – Operational
Titan – Retired
Vanguard – Retired
Vector-R – Under Development
Vector-H – Under Development
Vulcan – Under Development

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[Diamant-3] "Nov. 26, 1965: France Begins Launch Legacy with Diamant". Space News. Retrieved 13 Aug 2022.

[4] "German startups launch mini-rocket challenge to SpaceX and co". France 24. 2021-08-04. Retrieved 2022-05-19.

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[6] "Reusable Launch Vehicle". www.vssc.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-10-28.

[7] "75 Major Activities of ISRO" (PDF). p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2022. In ORE, a scaled up wing body will be taken to an orbit by an ascent vehicle derived from existing GSLV and it stays in orbit for a stipulated period, re-enter and lands on a runway autonomously. The ascent vehicle has first two stages of GSLV viz S139+4L40S & GS2 and a third stage with modified PS4 propulsion system. The winged body which is a scaled up version of the RLV in RLV-TD HEX-01 mission is the fourth stage and this is called Orbital Re-entry Vehicle (ORV). This has a deployable Landing Gear System.

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[10] "Al-Abid LV". Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2014-07-06.

[11] "M-4S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[12] "M-3C / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[13] "M-3H / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[14] "M-3S / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[15] "M-3SII / Satellite Launch Vehicles". ISAS. Archived from the original on 2012-10-18. Retrieved 2013-01-07.

[16] "Rocket Lab Celebrates Rich Ten-Year History". Rocket Lab USA. June 30, 2016. Archived from the original on July 31, 2020. Retrieved March 29, 2019.

[17] "TSLV". Archived from the original on 2017-03-02. Retrieved 2014-07-06.

[18] "Launch vehicles - Taiwan (Republic of China)". Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

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[20] "TECHNOLOGY - TiSPACE". Archived from the original on 2021-04-09. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

[21] "About | Arrc". Archived from the original on 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-05-30.

[22] "Home". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

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[24] "Aldan microsat launch vehicle". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

[25] "Aniva microsat launch vehicle". Archived from the original on 2017-07-13. Retrieved 2016-02-07.

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v t e Orbital launch systems
List of orbital launch systems Comparison of orbital launch systems
Current	Angara 1.2 A5 Ariane 6 Atlas V Ceres 1 1S Chollima-1 Electron Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H-IIA H3 Hyperbola-1 Jielong 1 3 KAIROS^† Kaituozhe 2 Kinetica 1 Kuaizhou 1 1A 11 Long March 2C 2D 2F 3A 3B/E 3C 4B 4C 5 5B 6 6A 7 7A 8 11 11H LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased RS1^† Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB 2-1v SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Cyclone-4M Deca Epsilon S Eris Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 12 Miura 5 MLV Neutron New Glenn New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Orbex Prime Pallas-1 Red Dwarf SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero Zhuque 3 Zuljanah
Retired	Antares 110 120 130^† 230 230+ Ariane 1 2 3 4 5 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 IV Heavy Diamant Dnepr Energia Epsilon Europa I^† II^† 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 original 1 2/2I 3 3M Lambda 4S LauncherOne 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^† Rocket 3 Safir 1 1A 1B Saturn I IB V Scout X-1 Blue Scout II^† X-2^† X-2M X-3 X-3M X-4 X-2B^† B A B-1 D-1 A-1 E-1 F-1 G-1 Shavit original 1 SLV Space Shuttle SPARK^† Sparta SS-520 Start-1 Terran 1^† Thor Able Ablestar 1 2 Agena A B D Burner 1 2 Delta DSV-2U Thorad-Agena SLV-2G SLV-2H Titan II GLV IIIA IIIB IIIC IIID IIIE 34D 23G CT-3 IV Tsyklon R-36-O original 2 3 Universal Rocket UR-500 Proton Proton-K Rokot Strela Vanguard Vega original VLS-1^† Zenit 2 2M 2FG 3SL 3SLB 3F Zhuque 1^†
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)