Comparison of orbital launcher families
This following table is a comparison of orbital launcher families. To see lists of all launch systems, separated by current operational status, see Comparison of orbital launch systems.
Description
- Family: Name of the family/model of launcher
- Country: Origin country of launcher
- Manufac.: Main manufacturer
- Payload: Maximum mass of payload, for 3 altitudes
- LEO, low Earth orbit
- GTO, geostationary transfer orbit
- TLI, trans-Lunar injection
- Cost: Price for a launch at this time, in millions of US$
- Launches reaching...
- Total: flights which lift-off, or where the vehicle is destroyed during the terminal count
note: only includes orbital launches (flights launched with the intention of reaching orbit). Suborbital tests launches are not included in this listing. - Space (regardless of outcome)
- Any orbit (regardless of outcome)
- Target orbit (without damage to the payload)
- Total: flights which lift-off, or where the vehicle is destroyed during the terminal count
- Status: Actual status of launcher (retired, development, active)
- Date of flight
- First: Year of first flight of first family's member
- Last: Year of Last flight (for vehicles retired from service)
- Refs: citations
Same cores are grouped together (like Ariane 1, 2 & 3, but not V).
List of launcher families
- Legend
- ActiveIn developmentRetired
Family | Country | Manufac. | Payload (kg) | Cost (US$, millions) |
Launches reaching... | Status | Date of flight | Notes | Refs | ||||||
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LEO | GTO | TLI | Total | Space | Any orbit | Target orbit | First | Last | |||||||
Alpha | USA UKR |
Firefly Aerospace | 1,000 | N/A | N/A | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | [1] | |||||
Angara 1.2 | RUS | Khrunichev | 3,800 | -- | -- | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | Active | 2014 | As of May 2020, only launch was a suborbital test in 2014.[2] | [3][4][5] | |
Angara A5 | RUS | Khrunichev | 14,600–35,000 | 3,600–12,500 | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 2 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2014 | [3][6] | ||
Antares | USA | Orbital ATK | 6,500 | -- | -- | 80 | 13[lower-alpha 2] | 12 | 12 | 12 | Active | 2013 | Cygnus launcher. Var.: 110, 120, 130, 230, 230+ |
[7][8][9] | |
Ariane 1-2-3 | EU | Aérospatiale | N/A | 2,650 | N/A | -- | 28 | Retired | 1979 | 1989 | [10][11] | ||||
Ariane 4 | EU | Aérospatiale | 7,000 | 4,720 | N/A | -- | 116 | Retired | 1988 | 2003 | Var.: 40, 42P, 42L, 44P, 44L, 44LP | [11] | |||
Ariane 5 | EU | Airbus | 21,000 | 10,735[12] | N/A | 165–220 | 109[lower-alpha 3] | 107 | 107 | 104 | Active | 1996 | Var.: G, G+, GS, ECA, ES. | [13][14][15] | |
Ariane 6 | EU | Airbus Safran | 21,650 (A64 var.) |
11,500+ (A64 var.) |
8,500 (A64 var.) |
115 | 0 | Devel. | 2022[16] | Var.: Ariane 62, Ariane 64. | [17] | ||||
ASLV | IND | ISRO | 150 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | Retired | 1987 | 1994 | [18] | ||||
Astra Rocket | USA | Astra | 50-150 (to SSO) |
N/A | N/A | -- | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2020 | 2 suborbital test launches in 2018. | [19] | |
Athena I & II | USA | Lockheed ATK | 2,065 | -- | 295 | -- | 7 | Retired | 1995 | 2001 | Launch Lunar Prospector.[20] | [21] | |||
Atlas A-B-C-D-E-F-G Atlas I |
USA | Lockheed | 5,900 | 2,340 | -- | -- | 514 | Retired | 1957 | 1997 | Launch Mercury. Atlas or Centaur upper stage. |
[22][23][24][25] | |||
Atlas II | USA | Lockheed | 8,618 | 3,833 | -- | -- | 63 | 63 | 63 | Retired | 1991 | 2004 | [26][27][28] | ||
Atlas III | USA | Lockheed | 10,759 | 4,609 | -- | -- | 6 | 6 | 6 | Retired | 2003 | 2005 | Var.: IIIA, IIIB | [29][30] | |
Atlas V | USA | ULA | 18,850 | 8,900 | 2,807 | 109–153 | 86[lower-alpha 5] | 86 | 86 | 85 | Active | 2002 | Launched Juno & New Horizons | [31][32] | |
Beta | USA UKR |
Firefly Aerospace | 4,000 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [33] | |||||
Black Arrow | UK | RAE Westland | 132 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | Retired | 1969 | 1971 | [34] | |||
Bloostar | ESP | Zero 2 Infinity | 140 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | [35] | ||||||
Blue Whale 1 | ROK | Perigee Aerospace | 50 (to SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | [36] | |||||
Ceres-1 | CHN | Galactic Energy | 350 | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2020 | [37] | ||
Cyclone-4M | UKR | Yuzhnoye Yuzhmash |
5,000 | 1,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [38] | |||||
Delta | USA | Douglas | 3,848 | 1,312 | -- | -- | 186 | Retired | 1960 | 1989 | Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes. Var. A, B, C, D, E, G, J, L, M, N, 300, 900, 1X00, 4X00, 2X00, 3X00, 5X00 |
[39] | |||
Delta II | USA | ULA | 6,000 | 2,171 | 1,508 | 51 | 153 | 152 | 152 | 151 | Retired | 1989 | 2018 | Launched Mars probes MGS to Phoenix Var.: 6000, 7000, and Heavy. |
[39][40][41] |
Delta III | USA | Boeing | 8,290 | 3,810 | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 1998 | 2000 | [42][43] | ||
Delta IV | USA | ULA | 23,040 | 13,130 | 9,000 | -- | 41[lower-alpha 7] | 41 | 40 | 40 | Active | 2002 | Var.: M, M+, and Heavy. | [44] | |
Diamant | FRA | SEREB | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 9 | Retired | 1965 | 1975 | |||||
R-36M Dnepr |
UKR RUS |
Yuzhmash | 3,600 | -- | 750 | 14 | 17 | Retired | 1999 | 2015 | [45][46] [47] | ||||
Electron | NZ USA |
Rocket Lab | 225 | 6 | 18[lower-alpha 8] | 18 | 16 | 16 | Active | 2017 | [48] | ||||
Energia | USSR | NPO Energia | 100,000 | 20,000 | 32,000 | 240 (Energia−Buran) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Retired | 1987 | 1988 | 1 partial failure with Polyus spacecraft, 1 successful flight with Buran shuttle. | [49] |
Epsilon | JPN | IHI Corporation | 1,200 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 9] | 4 | 4 | 4 | Active | 2013 | [50][51] | ||
Eris | AUS | Gilmour Space Technologies | 305 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2022 | [52] | |||||
Falcon 1 | USA | SpaceX | 420[53] | -- | -- | 7.9[53] | 5[54] | 4[53] | 2[53] | 2[54] | Retired[53] | 2006 | 2009 | ||
Falcon 9 v1.0, v1.1, FT, Block 5 |
USA | SpaceX | 22,800 | 8,300 | -- | 61.2 | 107[lower-alpha 10] | 106 | 106 | 105 | Active | 2010 | Upgrade to version 1.1 in 2013; upgrade to version FT in 2015 Launcher of Dragon capsule. One flight put primary but not secondary payload into correct orbit,[55] one rocket and payload were destroyed before launch in preparation for static fire[56] and thus is not counted. |
[57][58] | |
Falcon Heavy | USA | SpaceX | 63,800 | 26,700 | -- | 90–150 | 3[lower-alpha 11] | 3 | 3 | 3 | Active | 2018 | First test launch 2018-02-06 | [59][60][61] | |
GSLV Mark I | IND | ISRO | 5,000 | 2,500 | -- | -- | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 2001 | 2010 | [62][63][64] | |
GSLV Mark II | IND | ISRO | 5,000 | 2,700 | -- | -- | 7[lower-alpha 12] | 6 | 6 | 6 | Active | 2010 | [62][63][64] | ||
GSLV Mk.III (LVM3) | IND | ISRO | 10,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | -- | 3[lower-alpha 13] [lower-alpha 14] | 3 | 3 | 3 | Active | 2014 | [65][66] | ||
H-I | JPN | Mitsubishi | 3,200 | -- | -- | 9 | 9 | Retired | 1986 | 1992 | License-built version of the Thor-ELT | [67] | |||
H-II, IIA & IIB | JPN | Mitsubishi | 19,000 | 8,000 | -- | (190), 90, 112 | 59[lower-alpha 15] | 58 | 57 | 56 | Active | 1994 | Var.: A202, A2022, A2024, A204, B | [68] | |
H3 | JPN | Mitsubishi | 4,000-28,300 (base-heavy) | 7,900-14,800 (base-heavy) | 11,900 (heavy) | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | Var.: 30S, 22S, 32L, 24L, heavy[69][70] | [70] | |||||
Hyperbola-1 | CHN | i-Space | 300 | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 16] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2019 | [71] | |||
Hyperbola-2 | CHN | i-Space | 2,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [72] | ||||||
Haas | ROM | ARCA | 400 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | TBD | Launch from balloon | [73][74] | |||||
J-I | JPN | IHI Corporation Nissan Motors | 880 | -- | -- | -- | 1 | Retired | 1996 | 1996 | Partial demonstration flight only | ||||
Jielong 1 | CHN | CALT | 200 (SSO) | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2019 | [75] | |||
R-12 & R-14 Kosmos |
USSR | Yuzhnoye Polyot | 1,500 | -- | -- | 12 | 610 | 559 | Retired | 1967 | 2010 | Var.: 1, 2, 3, 3M | [14][76][77] | ||
DF-31 Kaituozhe | CHN | CALT | 800 | -- | -- | -- | 3[lower-alpha 17] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2002 | Var.: KT-1, KT-2, KT2-A | [78] | |
DF-21 Kuaizhou | CHN | CASIC | 400 (KZ-1)–1,500 (KZ-11) | -- | -- | -- | 14[lower-alpha 18] | 14[lower-alpha 19] | 12 | 12 | Active | 2013 | Var.: KZ-1, KZ-1A, KZ-11, KZ-21. As of July 2020, KZ-21 is the only unflown variant. | [79] | |
Lambda 4S | JPN | Nissan ISAS | -- | -- | -- | 5 | 1 | Retired | 1966 | 1970 | |||||
LauncherOne | USA | Virgin Orbit | 300 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 20] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2020 | [80] | ||
Long March 1 | CHN | CALT | 300 | -- | -- | -- | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Retired | 1970 | 1971 | [81][82][83] | |
Long March 1D | CHN | CALT | 740 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Retired | 1995 | 2002 | 3 suborbital launches only (2 successful.) | [81][82][83] | |||
DF-5 Long March 2-3-4 |
CHN | CALT | 12,000 | 5,500 | 3,300 | 333[lower-alpha 21][lower-alpha 22] | 327 [lower-alpha 23] | 324 | 318 | Active | 1971 | See notes | Var.: 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F,[lower-alpha 24] 3, 3A, 3B, 3B/E, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C. See [lower-alpha 25] for retired var. among those listed here. | [85] | |
Long March 5 | CHN | CALT | 25,000 | 14,000 | 8,000 | -- | 6[lower-alpha 26] | 6 | 5 | 5 | Active | 2016 | Var.: 5, 5B | [86][87] | |
Long March 6 | CHN | CALT | 1,500 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 27] | 4 | 4 | 4 | Active | 2015 | [88] | ||
Long March 7 | CHN | CALT | 20,000 | 5,500-7,000 (7A var.)[89] | -- | -- | 3[lower-alpha 28] | 2 | 2 | 2 | Active | 2016 | Var.: 7, 7A | [90][89] | |
Long March 8 | CHN | CALT | 4,500 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2020 | Var.: 8 (expendable), 8R (VTVL) | [89][91][92] | |
Long March 9 | CHN | CALT | 140,000 | -- | 50,000 | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2030 | Super-Heavy class | [91] | ||||
Long March 11 | CHN | CALT | 700 | -- | -- | -- | 11[lower-alpha 30] | 11 | 11 | 11 | Active | 2015 | Likely based on DF-31 missile | [93] | |
Minotaur I | USA | Orbital ATK | 580 | -- | -- | -- | 11[lower-alpha 31] | 11 | 11 | 11 | Active | 2000 | Derived from the Minuteman II | [94][95] | |
Minotaur IV & V | USA | Orbital ATK | 1,735 | 640 | 447 | 50 | 8[lower-alpha 32] | 8 | 8 | 8 | Active | 2010 | Also 2 suborbital launches (HTV-2a). Var.: IV, IV Lite, IV HAPS, V. Derived from Peacekeeper missile | [94][96] | |
Miura 5 | ESP | PLD Space | 300 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [97] | ||||||
Mu 1-3-4 | JPN | Nissan Motor IHI | 770 | -- | -- | -- | 27 | Retired | 1966 | 1995 | Var.: 1, 3D, 4S, 3C, 3H, 3S, 3SII | [98] | |||
Mu 5 | JPN | Nissan Motor IHI | 1,800 | -- | -- | -- | 7 | 6 | Retired | 1997 | 2006 | Var.: M-V, M-V KM | |||
N1 | USSR | NPO Energia | 90,000 | -- | 23,500 | -- | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Retired | 1969 | 1972 | Designed for Soviet Manned Lunar Mission | [99] |
N-I & II | JPN | Mitsubishi | 2,000 | 730 | -- | -- | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14[lower-alpha 33] | Retired | 1975 | 1987 | Derived from the American Delta rocket | [100] |
Naro | ROK | Khrunichev KARI | 100 | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Retired | 2009 | 2013 | First stage uses the Russian RD-151 engine | [101] |
New Glenn | USA | Blue Origin | 45,000 | 13,000 | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021/2022 | [102] | ||||||
New Line | CHN | LinkSpace | 200 (SSO) | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | [103] | ||||||
Nuri | ROK | KARI | 1,500 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [104] | ||||||
OS-M | CHN | OneSpace | 205 (M1) | -- | -- | -- | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2019 | Var.: M1, M2, M4. Single M1 failed launch; M2 & M4 in development. | [105] | |
Pegasus | USA | Orbital ATK | 450 | -- | -- | -- | 44[lower-alpha 34] | 43 | 41 | 39 | Active | 1990 | [106] | ||
Prime | UK | Orbex | 150 (SSO) | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2022 | [107][108] | |||||
UR-500 Proton | USSR RUS |
Khrunichev | 23,000 | 6,920 | 5,680 | 65 (Proton-M) | 424[lower-alpha 35] | 376 | Active | 1965 | Var.: K, M, Medium in development. | [109][110][111] | |||
PSLV | IND | ISRO | 3,800 | 1,200 | -- | -- | 52[lower-alpha 36] | 51 | 50 | 49 | Active | 1993 | Var.: CA, XL, QL, DL Launched moon probe Chandrayaan I, Mars probe Mangalyaan I |
[112][113] | |
Qased | IRN | IRGC | 10 | -- | -- | -- | 1[lower-alpha 37] | 1 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2020 | [114] | ||
UR-100N Rokot Strela | RUS | Eurockot Khrunichev | 2,100 | -- | -- | -- | 37[lower-alpha 38] | 36 | 35 | 35 | Active | 1994 | 34 Rokot launches (no launches post-2019 due to Ukrainian tech ban); 3 Strela launches. | [115][116][117][118] | |
RS1 | USA | ABL Space Systems | 1,200 | -- | -- | 12 | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | [119] | |||||
Safir | IRN | ISA | 50 | -- | -- | -- | 7[lower-alpha 39] | 5 | 4 | 4 | Active | 2007 | Numbers given here may be in dispute | [120] | |
Saturn I & IB | USA | Chrysler Douglas | 18,600 | -- | -- | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Retired | 1961 | 1975 | Saturn 1 family also included 6 suborbital test launches | [121][122] |
Saturn V | USA | Boeing North American Douglas | 118,000 | -- | 47,000 | 185 | 13 | 13 | 13 | Retired | 1967 | 1973 | Var.: Apollo, Skylab | [121][123][124] | |
Scout | USA | US Air Force NASA | 210 | -- | -- | -- | 125 | 104 | Retired | 1960 | 1994 | Var.: X1, X2, A, D, G | [125] | ||
Shavit | ISR | IAI | 225 | -- | -- | 15 | 11[lower-alpha 40] | 9 | 9 | 9 | Active | 1988 | Var.: Shavit, -1, -2 | [126] | |
R-29 Volna-O Shtil' |
RUS | Makeyev | 430 | -- | -- | -- | 8[lower-alpha 41] | 7 | 2 | 2 | Retired (as commercial launchers)[127] | 1995 | 2006 | Var.: Volna, Shtil, 2.1, 2R, 3 | [127] |
Simorgh | IRN | ISA | 350 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 42] | 3[lower-alpha 43] | 0 | 0 | Active | 2016 | [128] | ||
SLS | USA | Orbital ATK Boeing United Launch Alliance Aerojet Rocketdyne | 95,000–130,000 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | Expected 2021 | [129][130] | ||||
SLV | IND | ISRO | 40 | -- | -- | -- | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | Retired | 1979 | 1983 | Launched Rohini satellite series | [131] |
R-7 Semyorka Soyuz | USSR RUS |
RSC Energia TsSKB-Progress | 8,200 | 2,400 | 1,200 | -- | 1,924[lower-alpha 44] | [lower-alpha 45] | 1,805[lower-alpha 46] | Active | 1957 | Var.: Sputnik, Luna, Vostok-L, Vostok-K, Voskhod, Molniya, Molniya-L, Molniya-M, Polyot, Soyuz, Soyuz-L, Soyuz-M, Soyuz-U, Soyuz-FG, Soyuz-2, Soyuz-2-1v | [132][133] | ||
SS-520 | JPN | IHI Aerospace | 4 | -- | -- | -- | 2[lower-alpha 47] | 2 | 1 | 1 | Active | 2017 | 2 successful suborbital flights and 2 orbital flights (one success). A test of how small orbital rockets can be. The rocket has a mass of only 2.6 tonnes. | [134] | |
Small Satellite Launch Vehicle | IND | ISRO | 500 | 300 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | As of December 2019, design of the rocket has been completed and first developmental flight is to take place in early 2020. | [135][136][137] | ||||
STS Space Shuttle |
USA | Alliant Martin Marietta Rockwell | 24,400 | 3,810 | -- | 450 | 135 | 134 | 134 | 133 | Retired | 1981 | 2011 | Orbiter mass: 68585 kg. | [138] |
Starship | USA | SpaceX | 150,000 | 40,000 | 100,000+[lower-alpha 48] | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | Previously called BFR | [139][140][141][142][143] | ||||
RT-2PM Start-1 |
RUS | MITT | 532 | -- | -- | -- | 7[lower-alpha 49] | 6 | 6 | 6 | Active | 1993 | [144] | ||
Taurus / Minotaur-C | USA | Orbital Sciences | 1,450 | -- | -- | -- | 9[lower-alpha 50] | 9 | 6 | 6 | Active | 1989 | Var.: 2110, 3110, 3210 | [145] | |
Terran 1 | USA | Relativity Space | 1,250 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | anticipates 3-D printing most rocket parts | [146] | |||||
Thor | USA | Douglas | 1,270 | -- | 38 | -- | 357 | Retired | 1957 | 1980 | Launched Pioneer & Explorer probes | [39] | |||
LGM-25C Titan I-II-III-IV |
USA | Martin Marietta | 21,900 | 5,773 | 8,600 | 350 | 369 | Retired | 1959 | 2005 | Var.: I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC, IIID, IIIE, 34D, IVA, IVB Gemini launcher |
[147][148] | |||
R-36 Tsyklon |
USSR UKR |
Yuzhmash | 4,100 | -- | -- | -- | 259 | Retired | 1967 | 2009 | Var.: 1, 2, 3. | [149] | |||
Unified Launch Vehicle | IND | ISRO | 4,500–41,300 | 1,500–16,300 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | Var.: 6S12, 2S60, 2S138, 2S200 | [150] | |||||
Unha-3 | DPRK | KCST | 200 | -- | -- | -- | 4[lower-alpha 51] | 3 | 2 | Active | 2006 | Var.: Paektusan based on Taepodong-1 missile; Unha based on Taepodong-2 missile. | [151][152] | ||
Vanguard | USA | Martin | 23 | -- | -- | -- | 12 | 3 | Retired | 1957 | 1959 | [153] | |||
Vega | EU | Avio | 2,300 | -- | -- | 23 | 17[lower-alpha 52] | 16 | 15 | 15 | Active | 2012 | Vega-C and Vega-E in development. | [154] | |
Yenisei | RUS | TsSKB-Progress RSC Energia |
88,000-115000 | 20,000-27,000 | 0 | Devel. | 2028 | [155][156][157][158] | |||||||
Vikram | IND | Skyroot Aerospace | 720 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | Var.: Vikram 1, Vikram II, Vikram III | [159] | |||||
VLM | BRA | CTA | 150 | -- | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2022 | [160][161][162] | |||||
Vulcan | USA | ULA | 17,800–34,900 | 7,400–16,300 | -- | 99 | 0 | Devel. | 2021 | [163][164][165][166] | |||||
Yun Feng | TWN | National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology | 50-200 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | unknown | [167] | ||||||
Zenit | USSR UKR RUS |
Yuzhnoye | 13,740 | 6,160 | 4,098 | -- | 84[lower-alpha 53] | 74 | 72 | Active | 1985 | Var.: 2, 2M (2SB, 2SLB), 3SL, 3SLB, 3SLBF | [168] | ||
Zero | JPN | Interstellar Technologies | 100 (SSO) | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2022-2023 | [169] | ||||||
Zhuque-1 | CHN | LandSpace | 300 | -- | -- | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Active | 2018 | [170][171] | |||
Zhuque-2 | CHN | LandSpace | 4,000 | -- | -- | 0 | Devel. | 2020 | [170] |
See also
Notes
- Number of Angara A5 launches current as of 14 December, 2020.
- Number of Antares launches current as of 02 October, 2020.
- Number of Ariane 5 launches current as of 15 August, 2020.
- Number of Astra launches current as of 15 December, 2020.
- Number of Atlas V launches current as of 13 November, 2020.
- Number of Ceres-1 launches current as of 07 November, 2020.
- Number of Delta IV launches current as of 10 December, 2020.
- Number of Electron launches current as of 20 January, 2021.
- Number of Epsilon launches current as of 18 January, 2019.
- Number of Falcon 9 launches are updated via manual input into "Template:Falcon rocket statistics". Said page was last updated on 4 February 2021.
- Falcon rocket statistics template page last updated on 4 February 2021.
- Number of GSLV Mark II launches current as of 19 December, 2018.
- Number of GSLV Mark III launches current as of 22 July, 2019.
- GSLV Mark III numbers do not include one successful suborbital flight.
- Number of H-II (all versions) launches current as of 29 November, 2020.
- Number of Hyperbola-1 launches current as of 01 February, 2021.
- Kaituozhe launch numbers current as of 2 March, 2017.
- Number of Kuaizhou launches current as of 15 September, 2020.
- Information of unknown reliability indicates KZ-11 3rd stage failure on 10 July 2020 and possible upper stage failure of KZ-1A on 12 September, 2020. Launches likely reached space. Numbers may change upon availability of additional information.
- LauncherOne launch numbers current as of 17 January, 2021.
- Number of Long March 2-3-4 launches current as of 02 February, 2021.
- The total number of launches in the CZ-2,3,4 series listed here does not include 6 possible launches [5 possilbe successes and 1 possible failure] of the CZ-2C (3) var. noted in reference.[84]
- Sources from List of Long March launches are unclear regarding whether 3 failed launches in the CZ-2,3,4 series reached space; thus the number quoted here is the minimum number of launches that reached space while the actual possible number could be greater than the quoted number by up to three.
- CZ-2F is the crew-rated launcher for the Shenzhou spacecraft.
- As of 21 February 2020, the following var. in the Long March 2-3-4 family of launchers have been retired: 2A, 2E, 3, 3B, and 4A.
- Number of Long March 5 launches current as of 23 November, 2020.
- Number of Long March 6 launches current as of 06 November, 2020.
- Number of Long March 7 launches current as of 16 March, 2020.
- Number of Long March 8 launches current as of 22 December, 2020.
- Number of Long March 11 launches current as of 09 December, 2020.
- Number of Minotaur I launches current as of 20 November, 2013.
- Number of Minotaur IV and V launches current as of 15 July 2020.
- One N-I launch partially failed due to recontact between satellite and upper stage.
- Number of Pegasus launches current as of 11 October, 2019.
- Number of Proton launches current as of 30 July, 2020.
- Number of PSLV launches current as of 17 December, 2020.
- Number of Qased launches current as of 22 April, 2020.
- Number of Rokot+Strela launches current as of 26 December, 2019.
- Number of Safir launches current as of 29 August, 2019. Number of launches and possible outcomes are in dispute. See main page at Safir.
- Number of Shavit launches current as of 06 July, 2020
- 5 of the 8 launches were suborbital (of which 2 failed); 3 of the 8 launches were intended for LEO (2 successes).[127]
- Number of launches current as of 9 February, 2020.
- According of Russian sources, first launch in 2016 was a successful suborbital flight. According to an Iranian government source, third launch (January 2019) failed due to a problem in the rocket's third stage which implies that the vehicle reached space. According to an Iranian government source, fourth launch (February 2020) reached an altitude of about 355 miles but the vehicle failed to achieve orbital velocity. See sources cited in Simorgh Wikipedia page.
- Number of R-7 Semyorka/Soyuz launches current as of 02 February, 2021.
- Due to the existence of ICBM variants, suborbital flights, and the large total number of flights, the number of launches reaching space and those reaching any orbit are not given here in order to lessen the dissemnation of inaccurate information.
- The total number of launches and launch successes are taken from the R-7 Semyorka Wikipedia page.
- Number of SS-520 launches current as of 3 February, 2018.
- With in-orbit refueling
- Number of Start-1/Start launches current as of 25 April, 2006.
- Number of Taurus/Minotaur-C launches current as of 31 October, 2017.
- Number of Unha-2/Unha-3 launches current as of 7 February, 2016.
- Number of Vega (all versions) launches current as of 17 November, 2020.
- Number of Zenit launches current as of 26 December, 2017.
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