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
  • TRONADOR – ''Under Development''

    Australia

  • AUSROC IV – Retired
  • Austral Launch Vehicle – Under Development
  • Eris – ''Under Development''

    Brazil

  • VLS-1 – Retired
  • VLM – Under Development
  • MLBR –''Under Development''

    Canada

  • Aurora - ''Under Development''

    China

CASC Launchers

  • 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 2F/G
  • ***Long March 2F/T
  • *Long March 3 – Retired
  • **Long March 3A – Retired
  • **Long March 3B – Retired
  • ***Long March 3B/E
  • **Long March 3C – Retired
  • ***Long March 3C/E
  • *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 6C
  • *Long March 7
  • **Long March 7A
  • *Long March 8
  • **Long March 8A
  • *Long March 9 – Under Development
  • *Long March 10– Under Development
  • **Long March 10A
  • *Long March 11
  • *Long March 12

    Other

  • Feng Bao 1 – Retired
  • Ceres-1
  • *Ceres-1S
  • *Ceres-2 - Under development
  • Gravity
  • *Gravity-1
  • *Gravity-2 – Under development
  • Hyperbola-1
  • *Hyperbola-3
  • Jielong
  • *Jielong 1
  • *Jielong 3
  • Kaituozhe-1 – Retired
  • Kuaizhou
  • *Kuaizhou 1 - Retired
  • *Kuaizhou 1A - Retired
  • *Kuaizhou 1A Pro
  • *Kuaizhou 11
  • Tianlong-2
  • *Tianlong-3
  • Zhuque
  • *Zhuque-1 – Retired
  • *Zhuque-2 - Retired
  • *Zhuque-2E
  • *Zhuque-3 – Under Development
  • Kinetica 1
  • *Kinetica 2 - ''Under development''

    European Union

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

    France

  • Diamant – Retired
  • *Diamant A – Retired 1965-1967
  • *Diamant B – Retired 1970-1971
  • *Diamant BP4 – Retired 1972-1975
  • Zéphyr – ''Under Development''

    Germany

  • OTRAG – Retired
  • Spectrum – Under Development
  • RFA One – Under Development
  • SL1 – ''Under Development ''

    India

;ISRO/DoS systems:
  • SLV-3 – Retired
  • Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle – Retired
  • Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • *PSLV-G – Retired
  • *PSLV-CA – Operational
  • *PSLV-XL – Operational
  • *PSLV-DL – Operational
  • *PSLV-QL – Operational
  • Geosychronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
  • *GSLV Mark I – Retired
  • *GSLV Mark II – Operational
  • *RLV TD: GSLV derived ascent vehicle for RLV ORE campaign.
  • Launch Vehicle Mark-3
  • *LVM3 – Operational
  • *Human-rated LVM3 – Under development
  • *LVM3 with semi-cryogenic engine – Under development
  • Small Satellite Launch Vehicle – Operational
  • Next Generation Launch Vehicle – Under development
;Private agencies
  • Vikram :
  • *Vikram-I – Under development
  • *Vikram-II – Under development
  • *Vikram-III – Proposed
  • Agnibaan : – Under development

  • Garuda-I - Under development
  • Razor Crest Mk I - ''Proposed''

    Iran

  • Safir – Retired
  • Simorgh – Operational
  • Qased – Operational
  • Qaem 100 – Operational
  • Qaem 105 – Under Development
  • Zuljanah – ''Operational''

    Iraq

  • Al Abid – ''Abandoned in R&D phase''

    Israel

  • Shavit 2

    Italy

  • SISPRE C-41 – Retired
  • Italian LTV SCOUT – Retired
  • AERITALIA/SNIA/BPD ALFA – Retired
  • ALENIA/SNIA-BPD SAN MARCO SCOUT – Cancelled
  • Vega
  • *Vega – Retired
  • *Vega-C – Operational
  • T4i Odyssey – ''Under Development''

    Japan

Active

  • H3
  • KAIROS

    Inactive

  • Lambda – Retired
  • *L-4S
  • Mu – Retired
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *
  • *M-V
  • N – Retired
  • *N-I
  • *N-II
  • H-I – Retired
  • H-II — Retired
  • *H-II
  • *H-IIA
  • *H-IIB
  • J-I – Retired
  • GX – Cancelled
  • Epsilon – Retired
  • *Epsilon S – Under Development
  • SS-520 – Retired
  • ZERO – Under Development
  • DECA – ''Under Development''

    Malaysia

  • DNLV – ''Under Development''

    New Zealand

  • Electron
  • Neutron – ''Under Development''

    North Korea

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

    Taiwan

  • TSLV – Under Development
  • Hapith V – Under Development
  • HTTP-3a – ''Under Development''

    Philippines

  • Haribon SLS-1 – ''Under Development''

    Romania

  • Haas – ''Under Development''

    Singapore

  • Volans – ''Under Development''

    Soviet Union and successor states (Russia and Ukraine)

;Russia/USSR
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  • Angara
  • CORONA – Open
  • Kosmos – Retired
  • *Kosmos-1
  • *Kosmos-2I
  • *Kosmos-3
  • *Kosmos-3M
  • Lin Industrial projects
  • *Adler – Under Development
  • *Aldan – Under Development
  • *Aniva – Under Development
  • *Taymyr – Under Development
  • *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
  • ****Soyuz-U2
  • ****Soyuz-FG
  • **Soyuz-2
  • ***Soyuz 2.1A
  • ***Soyuz 2.1B
  • ***Soyuz 2.1V – Retired
  • *Sputnik – Retired
  • *Stalker
  • *Voskhod – Retired
  • *Vostok – Retired
  • **Vostok-L
  • **Vostok-K
  • **Vostok-2
  • **Vostok-2M
  • **Soyuz/Vostok
  • R-29
  • *Shtil'
  • *Volna
  • Rus-M – Canceled
  • Start-1
  • Soyuz-5 family - Under Development
  • * Irtysh - Under Development
  • * Yenisey - Under Development
  • * Don - Under Development
  • Soyuz-7 family - Under Development
  • * Amur - Under Development
  • Universal Rocket
  • *UR-100
  • **Rokot
  • **Strela
  • *Proton – 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''

    South Africa

  • RSA – Cancelled
  • *RSA-1
  • *RSA-2
  • *RSA-3
  • CHEETAH-1 – ''Under Development''

    South Korea

  • Blue Whale 1 – Under Development
  • HANBIT family
  • *HANBIT-Micro – Under Development
  • *HANBIT-Mini – Under Development
  • *HANBIT-NANO
  • *HANBIT-TLV
  • Korea Space Launch Vehicle family
  • *KSLV-I – Retired
  • *KSLV-II
  • *KSLV-III – Under Development
  • Solid-fuel space launch vehicle family
  • * Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV1
  • * Solid-fueled GYŪB‑TV2
  • * Solid-fueled LV – ''Under Development''

    Spain

  • INTA Family
  • * INTA Capricornio – Cancelled
  • * INTA Programa PILUM – Under Development
  • PLD Space Family
  • * PLD Space Miura Next – Under development
  • * PLD Space Miura 5 – Under development
  • * PLD Space Miura 1 – Operational
  • 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''

    United Kingdom

  • Black Arrow – Retired
  • Black Prince – Cancelled
  • Prime – Under Development
  • Skyrora XL – Under Development
  • Skylon – ''Cancelled''

    United States

Active

  • Alpha
  • Antares
  • Atlas V
  • Electron
  • Minotaur
  • *Minotaur I
  • *Minotaur IV
  • *Minotaur V
  • *Minotaur-C
  • Pegasus
  • Space Launch System
  • SpaceX launch vehicles
  • *Falcon 9 Block 5 – Operational
  • *Falcon Heavy – Operational
  • *Starship – In testing
  • New Glenn
  • Vulcan Centaur

    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
  • *Minotaur I
  • *Minotaur IV
  • *Minotaur V
  • *Minotaur-C
  • Nova – Under development
  • OmegA – Canceled
  • Orbital Accelerator – Under Development
  • Phantom Express – Canceled
  • Pilot – Retired
  • Redstone – Retired
  • *Juno I
  • *Sparta
  • Jupiter
  • *Juno II
  • Relativity Space launch vehicles
  • *Terran 1 – Retired
  • *Terran R – Under Development
  • RS1 – Retired
  • Saturn
  • *Saturn I – Retired 1961-1963
  • **Saturn IB – Retired 1966-1975
  • *Saturn V – Retired 1967-1973
  • 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
  • Thor – Retired
  • *Thor-Able
  • *Thor-Ablestar
  • *Thor-Agena
  • **Thorad-Agena
  • *Thor-Burner
  • *Thor DSV-2U
  • *Delta
  • **Thor-Delta
  • **Delta A
  • **Delta B
  • **Delta C
  • **Delta D
  • **Delta E
  • **Delta G
  • **Delta J
  • **Delta L
  • **Delta M
  • **Delta N
  • **Delta II
  • **Delta III
  • **Delta IV
  • **Delta IV Heavy
  • 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''