Comparison of retired orbital launch systems

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This comparison of retired orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all retired individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. For a list of proposed rocket configurations or individual configurations currently being launched check out: Comparison of Orbital Launch Systems.

Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	Mass to ... (kg)			Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	Date of flight
Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	LEO	GTO	Other	Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	First	Last
Antares 110–130	United States	Orbital	40.5-41.9 m	5,100^[1]		1,500 to SSO	No	5^[1]	MARS	2013	2014
Antares 230 / 230+	United States	Northrop Grumman	42.5 m	8,200^[1]		3,000 to SSO^[a]	No	13	MARS	2016	2023
Ariane 1	France	Aérospatiale	49.1 m		1,830^[2]		No	11^[2]	CSG	1979	1986
Ariane 2	France	Aérospatiale	49.1 m		2,270^[2]		No	6^[2]	CSG	1986	1989
Ariane 3	France	Aérospatiale	49.1 m		2,650^[2]		No	11^[2]	CSG	1984	1989
Ariane 4 40	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	4,600^[2]	2,105	2,740 to SSO	No	7^[2]	CSG	1990	1999
Ariane 4 42L	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	7,000^[2]	3,480	4,500 to SSO	No	13^[2]	CSG	1993	2002
Ariane 4 42P	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	6,000^[2]	2,930	3,400 to SSO	No	15^[2]	CSG	1990	2002
Ariane 4 44L	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	7,000^[2]	4,720	6,000 to SSO	No	40^[2]	CSG	1989	2003
Ariane 4 44LP	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	7,000^[2]	4,220	5,000 to SSO	No	26^[2]	CSG	1988	2001
Ariane 4 44P	France	Aérospatiale	58.7 m	6,500^[2]	3,465	4,100 to SSO	No	15^[2]	CSG	1991	2001
Ariane 5 G	France	EADS Astrium	47.5 m	18,000^[3]	6,900^[3]		No	16^[3]	CSG	1996	2003
Ariane 5 G+	France	EADS Astrium	47.8 m		7,100^[3]		No	3^[3]	CSG	2004	2004
Ariane 5 GS	France	EADS Astrium	47.8 m	16,000^[4]	6,600^[3]		No	6^[3]	CSG	2005	2009^[5]
Ariane 5 ES	France	EADS Astrium	50.7 m	21,000^[6]	8,000^[3]		No	8^[3]	CSG	2008	2018
Ariane 5 ECA	France	EADS Astrium	52.6 m	21,000^[6]	11,210^[7]		No	84	CSG	2002	2023
ASLV	India	ISRO^[8]	23.5 m	150^[9]			No	4^[9]	SDSC	1987	1994
Athena I LLV-1	United States	Lockheed Martin	18.4 m	500			No	1	VAFB	1995	1995
Athena I	United States	Lockheed Martin	18.9 m	795^[10]	515		No	3	VAFB, CCSFS, KLC	1997	2001
Athena II	United States	Lockheed Martin	28.2 m	1,800^[11]			No	3^[12]	VAFB, CCSFS	1998	1999^[13]
Black Arrow	United Kingdom	RAE	13 m	73^[14]			No	2 (+2)	WRC	1969^[b]	1971
Blue Scout II	United States	Vought	24 m	30			No	3	CCSFS	1961	1961
Ceres-1 (1)^[c]	China	Galactic Energy	18.5 m	350			No	1	JSLC	2020	2020
Ceres-1 (2)^[c]	China	Galactic Energy	19.5 m	400			No	1	JSLC	2021	2021
Commercial Titan III	United States	Martin Marietta	47.3 m	13,100^[15]			No	4	CCSFS	1990	1992
Conestoga 1620	United States	Space Services	15.2 m	1179			No	1	MARS	1995	1995
Diamant A	France	SEREB	18.9 m	80			No	4	CIEES	1965	1967
Diamant B	France	SEREB	23.5 m	115			No	5	CSG	1970	1973
Diamant BP4	France	SEREB	21.6 m	153			No	3	CSG	1975	1975
Dnepr	Ukraine	Yuzhmash	34.3 m	3,700^[16]			No	22^[16]	Baikonur, Yasny	1999	2015^[17]
Energia^[d]	Soviet Union	NPO Energia	58.8 m	105,000		20,000 to GEO^[18] 32,000 to TLI^[18]	No	1 (failed to orbit)	Baikonur	1987	1987
Energia-Buran	Soviet Union	NPO Energia NPO Molniya	58.8 m	30,000^[18]^[e]			Yes	1	Baikonur	1988	1988
Epsilon	Japan	IHI^[19]	24.4 m	1,200	N/A	450 to SSO	No	1	KSC	2013	2022
Epsilon (enhanced)	Japan	IHI^[19]	26 m	1,500^[20]	N/A	590 to SSO^[20]	No	6^[20]	KSC
Europa I	Europe	ELDO	31.7 m	1,440	200		No	3	WRC	1968	1970
Europa II	Europe	ELDO	31.7 m		360		No	1	CSG	1971	1971
Falcon 1	United States	SpaceX	21 m	470^[21]			No	5^[21]	Omelek	2006	2009
Falcon 9 v1.0	United States	SpaceX	54.9 m	9,000	3,400		No	5	CCSFS	2010	2013
Falcon 9 v1.1	United States	SpaceX	68.4 m	13,150^[22]^[f]	4,850^[22]		No	15^[23]	VAFB, CCSFS	2013	2016
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	United States	SpaceX	69.8 m	17,400^[24]	5,500^[24]	9,600 to polar^[25]	Yes	36	VAFB, CCSFS, KSC	2015	2018
Falcon 9 Full Thrust	United States	SpaceX	69.8 m	22,800^[24]	8,300^[24]	9,600 to polar^[25]	No	36	VAFB, CCSFS, KSC	2015	2018
Feng Bao 1	China	Shanghai Bureau No.2	33 m	2,500^[26]			No	8 (+3)^[27]	JSLC	1972	1981
Firefly Alpha Block 1	United States	Firefly Aerospace	29 m	1,030^[28]	N/A	630 to SSO^[28]	No	7^[29]	VAFB, CCSFS	2021	2026
GSLV Mk.I(a)	India	ISRO	49.1 m	5,000^[30]	1,540^[31]		No	1^[31]	SDSC	2001	2001
GSLV Mk.I(b)	India	ISRO	49.1 m	5,000^[30]	2,150^[31]		No	4^[31]	SDSC	2003	2007
GSLV Mk.I(c)	India	ISRO	49.1 m	5,000^[30]			No	1^[31]	SDSC	2010	2010
H-I	Japan United States	Mitsubishi	42 m	1,400^[32]			No	9	TNSC	1986	1992
H-II / IIS	Japan	Mitsubishi	49 m	10,060^[33]	4,000^[34]		No	7^[34]	TNSC	1994	1999
H-IIA 202	Japan	Mitsubishi	53 m	10,000^[35]	4,000^[35]	5,100 to SSO^[g]	No	35^[37]	TNSC	2001	2025
H-IIA 204	Japan	Mitsubishi	53 m	15,000	5,950^[38]^: 48		No	5^[39]	TNSC	2006	2021
H-IIA 2022	Japan	Mitsubishi	53 m		4,500^[39]		No	3^[39]	TNSC	2005	2007
H-IIA 2024	Japan	Mitsubishi	57 m	11,000^[40]	5,000^[39]		No	7^[39]	TNSC	2002	2008
H-IIB	Japan	Mitsubishi	56.6 m	16,500 (ISS)^[41]	8,000		No	8^[42]	TNSC	2009	2020
Hyperbola-1 (1)^[h]	China	i-Space	20.9 m	260			No	1	JSLC	2019	2019
Juno I	United States	Chrysler	21.2 m	11			No	1	CCSFS	1958	1959
Juno II	United States	Chrysler	24 m	41		6 to TLI	No	10	CCSFS	1958	1961
Kaituozhe-1	China	CALT	13.6 m	40			No	2	JSLC	2002	2003
Kaituozhe-2	China	CASC	16.8 m	800^[43]			No	1^[43]	JSLC	2017	2017
Kosmos	Soviet Union	NPO Polyot	29.6 m	350			No	38	Kapustin Yar	1961	1967
Kosmos-1	Soviet Union	NPO Polyot	26.3 m	1,400			No	8	Baikonur	1964	1965
Kosmos-2	Soviet Union	NPO Polyot	31 m	300			No	127	Kapustin Yar, Plesetsk	1965	1977
Kosmos-3	Soviet Union	NPO Polyot	32.4 m	1,400			No	6	Baikonur	1966	1968
Kosmos-3M	Soviet Union Russia	NPO Polyot	32.4 m	1,500^[44]			No	445	Kapustin Yar, Plesetsk	1967	2010
Kosmos-3MRB	Soviet Union	NPO Polyot	32.4 m	1,500			No	10	Kapustin Yar	1980	1988
Lambda 4S	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	16.5 m	26^[46]			No	5	KSC	1966	1970
LauncherOne	United States	Virgin Orbit	21.3 m	500		300 to SSO	No	6	Mojave, Cornwall	2020	2023
Long March 1	China	CALT	29.9 m	300^[47]			No	2^[48]	JSLC	1970	1971
Long March 1D	China	CALT	28.2 m	740^[49]			No	0 (+3)^[48]	TSLC	1995^[i]	2002
Long March 2A	China	CALT	32 m	2,000^[50]			No	4^[51]	JSLC	1974	1978
Long March 2E	China	CALT	49.7 m	9,200^[51]			No	7^[51]	XSLC	1990	1995
Long March 3	China	CALT	43.3 m	5,000^[52]			No	13^[52]	XSLC	1984	2000
Long March 3B	China	CALT	54.8 m	11,200^[53]	5,100	5,700 to SSO	No	12^[52]	XSLC	1996	2012
Long March 4A	China	CALT	41.9 m	4,000			No	2^[54]	TSLC	1988	1990
M-V	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45] (1997–2000) IHI Aerospace^[19] (2000–2006)	30.8 m	1,850^[46]			No	7	KSC	1997	2006
Molniya	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	43.4 m	1,800^[55]			No	40^[56]	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1960	1967
Molniya-M	Soviet Union Russia	RSC Energia	43.4 m	2,400^[57]			No	280^[58]	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1965	2010
Mu-4S	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	23.6 m	180^[46]			No	4	KSC	1971	1972
Mu-3C	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	20.3 m	195^[46]			No	4	KSC	1974	1979
Mu-3H	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	23.8 m	300^[46]			No	3	KSC	1977	1978
Mu-3S	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	23.8 m	300^[46]			No	4	KSC	1980	1984
Mu-3SII	Japan	Nissan Motors^[45]	27.8 m	770^[46]			No	8	KSC	1985	1995
N1	Soviet Union	NPO Energia	105.3 m	95,000^[j]			No	4	Baikonur	1969	1972
N-I	Japan United States	Mitsubishi	34 m	1,200^[59]			No	7	TNSC	1975	1982
N-II	Japan United States	Mitsubishi	35 m	2,000^[60]			No	8	TNSC	1981	1987
Naro-1	South Korea Russia	KARI Khrunichev	33 m	100^[61]			No	3	Naro	2009	2013
OS-M1	China	OneSpace	19 m	205^[62]		143 to SSO	No	1	JSLC	2019^[63]^[k]	2019
Paektusan-1	North Korea	KCST	25.8 m	20			No	1	Tonghae	1998	1998
Pegasus	United States	Northrop Grumman	15.4 m	455			No	6	Edwards, CCSFS	1990	1994
Pegasus H	United States	Northrop Grumman	15.4 m	544			No	4	VAFB, CCSFS, Kwajalein Atoll	1995	2000
Pilot II	United States	United States Navy	4.4 m	N/A		1.05 to MEO	No	10	Point Mugu	1958	1958
Polyot	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	30 m	1,400			No	2	Baikonur	1963	1964
Proton (UR-500)	Soviet Union	Khrunichev	39.8 m	12,200			No	4	Baikonur	1965	1966
Proton-K	Soviet Union Russia	Khrunichev	50 m	19,760^[65]	4,930^[66]		No	311^[67]	Baikonur	1965	2012
Proton-M / Blok DM-03	Russia	Khrunichev	57.2 m	N/A	6,000^[68]	3,200 to GEO^[69]	No	8^[70]	Baikonur	2010	2026
PSLV-G	India	ISRO	44 m	3,200^[71]	1,050	1,600 to SSO	No	12^[71]	SDSC	1993	2016^[72]
Rocket 3.0	United States	Astra	11.6 m	100			No	1	KLC	2020	2020
Rocket 3.1	United States	Astra	11.6 m	100			No	1	KLC	2020	2020
Rocket 3.2	United States	Astra	11.6 m	100			No	1	KLC	2020	2020
Rocket 3.3	United States	Astra	13.1 m	100^[73]		150 to SSO	No	5	CCSFS, KLC	2021	2022
Rokot-K	Russia	Khrunichev	25.5 m				No	4	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1990	1999
Rokot-KM	Russia	Khrunichev	29.1 m	1,950^[74]		1,200 to SSO	No	31	Plesetsk	2000	2019
RS1 B1	United States	ABL Space Systems	27 m	1,350^[75]	400	975 to SSO 750 to MEO	No	1	KLC	2023^[76]	2023
Safir-1	Iran	Iranian Space Agency	22.6 m	27			No	2	Semnan	2008	2009
Safir-1A	Iran	Iranian Space Agency	22.6 m	15			No	1	Semnan	2011	2011
Safir-1B	Iran	Iranian Space Agency	22.6 m	50			No	1	Semnan	2012	2012
Safir-1B+	Iran	Iranian Space Agency	22.6 m	52			No	5	Semnan	2012	2019
Saturn I	United States	Chrysler (S-I) Douglas (S-IV)	50-57.4 m	9,000^[77]			No	10^[78]	CCSFS	1961	1965^[78]
Saturn IB	United States	Chrysler (S-IB) Douglas (S-IVB)	56.1-68.1 m	18,600^[79]			No	9^[80]	CCSFS, KSC	1966	1975
Saturn V	United States	Boeing (S-IC) North American (S-II) Douglas (S-IVB)	110.6 m	140,000^[81]^[82]		47,000 to TLI	No	13^[l]	KSC	1967	1973
Scout X-1	United States	Vought	21.8 m	59			No	4	WFF	1960	1961
Scout X-2	United States	Vought	21.8 m	76			No	1	VAFB, WFF	1962	1962
Scout X-2M	United States	Vought	21.8 m	76			No	3	VAFB	1962	1963
Scout X-2B	United States	Vought	21.8 m	76			No	1	VAFB	1963	1963
Scout X-3	United States	Vought	21.8 m	87			No	5	VAFB, WFF	1962	1964
Scout X-3M	United States	Vought	21.8 m	87			No	1	VAFB	1963	1963
Scout X-4	United States	Vought	22.8 m	103			No	11	VAFB, WFF	1963	1965
Scout A	United States	NASA	22.8 m	110			No	11	VAFB	1965	1970
Scout A-1	United States	NASA	22.8 m	122			No	1	VAFB	1973	1973
Scout B	United States	NASA	22.8 m	110			No	20	BSC, VAFB, WFF	1965	1971
Scout B-1	United States	NASA	22.8 m	143			No	5	BSC, VAFB, WFF	1971	1976
Scout D-1	United States	NASA	22.9 m	182			No	14	BSC, VAFB, WFF	1972	1979
Scout E-1	United States	NASA	22.8 m	193			No	1	VAFB	1974	1974
Scout F-1	United States	NASA	22.9 m	192			No	2	BSC, VAFB	1975	1975
Scout G-1	United States	NASA	22.9 m	208			No	18	BSC, VAFB, WFF	1979	1994
Shavit	Israel	IAI	17.7 m	160			No	2	Palmachim	1988	1990
Shavit-1	Israel	IAI	19.7 m	225			No	4	Palmachim	1995	2004
Shtil-1	Russia	Makeyev	14.8 m	280–420^[83]			No	2^[84]	Novomoskovsk, Ekaterinburg	1998	2006
SLV-3	India	ISRO	22 m	40^[85]			No	4^[85]	SDSC	1979	1983^[85]
Soyuz	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	45.6 m	6,450			No	31^[86]	Baikonur	1966	1976
Soyuz-FG	Russia	TsSKB-Progress	49.5 m	6,900^[87]			No	70^[88]^[89]	Baikonur	2001	2019
Soyuz-L	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	50 m	5,500			No	3^[90]	Baikonur	1970	1971
Soyuz-M	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	50 m	6,600			No	8^[91]	Baikonur	1971	1976
Soyuz ST-A	Russia France	TsSKB-Progress Arianespace	46.3 m	7,800 from Kourou^[92]	2,810 with Fregat^[93]		No	9^[88]	CSG	2011	2021
Soyuz ST-B	Russia France	TsSKB-Progress Arianespace	46.3 m	9,000 from Kourou^[94]	3,250 with Fregat^[93]	4,400 to SSO^[95]	No	18^[88]	CSG	2011	2022
Soyuz-U	Soviet Union Russia	TsSKB-Progress	51.1 m	6,650 from Baikonour^[96] 6,150 from Plesetsk^[96]			No	786^[88]^[97]^[98]	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1973	2017
Soyuz-U2	Soviet Union Russia	TsSKB-Progress	34.5 m	7,050			No	72^[99]	Baikonur	1982	1995
Soyuz-2.1v	Russia	TsSKB-Progress	44.1 m	2,800^[100]	N/A	2,630 to polar^[100]	No	5^[100]	Plesetsk	2018	2024
Soyuz-2.1v / Volga	Russia	TsSKB-Progress	44.1 m	N/A	N/A	1,400 to SSO^[101]	No	8^[101]	Plesetsk	2013	2025
Space Shuttle	United States	ATK (SRBs) Martin Marietta (External tank) Rockwell (Orbiter)	56.1 m	24,400^[e]	4,944 with IUS^[102] 1,200 with PAM-D^[103]	3,550 to escape with IUS	Yes	135^[104]	KSC	1981	2011
SPARK	United States	UH Aerojet Rocketdyne Sandia	17 m	300			No	1	Barking Sands	2015	2015
Sparta	United States	ABMA/Chrysler	21.8 m	45			No	10	WRC	1966	1967
Sputnik 8K71PS	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	30 m	500^[105]			No	2	Baikonur	1957	1957
Sputnik 8A91	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	31.1 m	1,327			No	2	Baikonur	1958	1958
SS-520	Japan	IHI Aerospace	9.5 m	4^[106]			No	2^[107]	KSC	2017^[108]^[m]	2018
Start-1	Russia	MITT	22.7 m	532		250 to SSO	No	5^[109]	Svobodny, Plesetsk	1993	2006
Start-1.2	Russia	MITT	22.7 m			250-300 to SSO	No	1	Svobodny	1997	1997
Start	Russia	MITT	28.9 m			300 to SSO	No	1	Plesetsk	1995	1995
Strela	Russia	Khrunichev	24- 27.4 m	1,400^[110]			No	3^[111]	Baikonur	2003	2014
Taurus-1110	United States	Orbital Sciences, Orbital ATK	28.2 m	1180	370	750 to SSO	No	3	VAFB	1994	2000
Taurus-2110	United States	Orbital Sciences, Orbital ATK	29.1 m	1250	375	900 to SSO	No	2	VAFB	1999	2001
Taurus-2210	United States	Orbital Sciences, Orbital ATK	30.9 m	1050		700 to SSO	No	1	VAFB	1998	1998
Taurus-3110	United States	Orbital Sciences, Orbital ATK	30.1 m	1450	445	1,050 to SSO	No	2	VAFB	2009	2011
Taurus-3210^[112]	United States	Northrop Grumman	27.9 m	1,458^[113]	N/A	1,054 to SSO^[n]	No	1	VAFB	2004	2004
Terran 1	United States	Relativity Space	35.2 m	1,250^[114]		900 to SSO	No	1	CCSFS	2023	2023
Titan II GLV	United States	Martin Marietta	33 m	3,600^[115]			No	11 (+1)	CCSFS	1964	1966
Titan II(23)G	United States	Martin Marietta	31.4 m	3,600^[116]			No	13	VAFB	1988	2003
Titan IIIA	United States	Martin Marietta	38.5 m	3,500			No	4	CCSFS	1964	1965
Titan IIIB	United States	Martin Marietta	42 m	3,300			No	22	VAFB	1966	1969
Titan III(23)B	United States	Martin Marietta	42 m	3,350			No	9	VAFB	1969	1971
Titan III(33)B	United States	Martin Marietta	42 m	N/A	4,500		No	3	VAFB	1971	1973
Titan III(24)B	United States	Martin Marietta	44 m	4,500			No	23	VAFB	1971	1984
Titan III(34)B	United States	Martin Marietta	45.3 m	N/A			No	11	VAFB	1975	1987
Titan IIIC	United States	Martin Marietta	41 m	11,500	3,000		No	14	CCSFS	1965	1970
Titan III(23)C	United States	Martin Marietta	42.5 m	13,100^[117]	3,000		No	22	CCSFS	1970	1982
Titan IIID	United States	Martin Marietta	36 m	12,300^[118]			No	22	VAFB	1971	1982
Titan IIIE	United States	Martin Marietta	48.8 m	15,400^[119]			No	7	CCSFS	1974	1977
Titan 34D	United States	Martin Marietta	44.5 m	14,350	3,600		No	15	VAFB, CCSFS	1982	1989
Titan IVA	United States	Martin Marietta	51.36 m(standard)	17,110^[120]	4,944 with IUS	14,090 to SSO^[120] 4,536 to GSO with Centaur 3,550 to escape with IUS	No	22^[121]	VAFB, CCSFS	1989	1998
Titan IVB	United States	Lockheed Martin	51.36 m(standard)	21,682^[122]	5,761^[122] (9,000 with upper stage)		No	17^[121]	VAFB, CCSFS	1997	2005
Tysklon-2 (R-36-O)	Soviet Union	Yuzhmash	32 m	3,350			No	18	Baikonur	1965	1971
Tsyklon-2A	Soviet Union	Yuzhmash	39.7 m	3,350^[123]			No	8^[124]	Baikonur	1967	1969
Tsyklon-2M	Soviet Union Ukraine	Yuzhmash	39.7 m	2,820^[125]			No	106^[126]	Baikonur	1969	2006^[126]
Tsyklon-3	Soviet Union Ukraine	Yuzhmash	39.3 m	1,920^[127]			No	122^[128]	Plesetsk	1977	2009^[128]
Unha-2	North Korea	KCST	29.5 m	80			No	1	Tonghae	2009	2009
Unha-3	North Korea	KCST	30 m	200^[129]			No	4^[130]	Sohae	2009^[o]	2016
Vanguard	United States	Martin	22.1 m	9^[131]			No	10 (+1)	CCSFS	1957	1959
Vanguard SLV-7	United States	Martin	21.6 m	20			No	1	CCSFS	1959	1959
Vega	Italy	ArianeGroup Avio	31 m	2,300^[132]	N/A	1,450 to SSO^[133] 1,500 to polar^[134]	No	22^[135]	CSG	2012	2024
VLS-1	Brazil	AEB, IAE	19.5 m	380^[136]			No	2^[p]	CEA	1997	2003
Volna-O	Russia	Makeyev	14.2 m	100^[137]			No	1 (+5)^[84]	Borisoglebsk	1995^[q]	2005^[84]
Voskhod	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	44.1 m	5,680			No	299	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1963	1976
Vostok-L (Luna)	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	30.8 m	4,000		400 to TLI	No	9	Baikonur	1958	1960
Vostok (Korabl)	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	38.4 m	4,550		390 to TLI^[138]	No	4	Baikonur	1960	1960
Vostok-K	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	30.8 m	2,460^[139]			No	16	Baikonur	1960	1964
Vostok-2	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	30.8 m	4,730^[139]			No	45	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1962	1967
Vostok-2M	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	38.8 m	1,300^[140]			No	93	Baikonur, Plesetsk	1964	1991
Soyuz/Vostok	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	31 m	6,000^[141]			No	2	Baikonur	1965	1966
Zenit-2	Soviet Union Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	57 m	13,740^[142]			No	36^[143]	Baikonur	1985	2004^[144]
Zenit-2FG	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	57 m				No	1	Baikonur	2011	2011
Zenit-2M	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	57 m	13,920^[142]			No	1	Baikonur	2007	2007
Zenit-3F	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	59.6 m			1,740 to GEO^[145]	No	4^[146]	Baikonur	2011	2017
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Yuzhmash RSC Energia	59.6 m	7,000^[146]	6,160		No	36^[146]	Ocean Odyssey	1999	2014
Zenit-3SLB	Ukraine	Yuzhmash RSC Energia	59.5 m		3,750^[146]		No	6^[146]	Baikonur	2008	2013
Zhuque-1	China	LandSpace	19 m	300^[147]		200 to SSO	No	1^[148]	JSLC	2018^[148]	2018

Retired Atlas rockets

Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	Mass to ... (kg)			Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	Date of flight
Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	LEO	GTO	Other	Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	First	Last
Atlas-Able	United States	General Dynamics	28 m			~175 to TLI	No	3	CCSFS	1959	1960
Atlas-Agena	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	36 m	1,000		390 to TLI	No	109	VAFB, CCSFS	1960	1978
Atlas-Centaur	United States	Lockheed	36.2-38.8 m	1,134^[149]	2,222^[150]		No	148	CCSFS	1962	1983
Atlas B	United States	Lockheed Martin	24.9 m	~4,000			No	10	CCSFS	1958	1959
Atlas-D OV1	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	25.9 m	1,400			No	7	VAFB	1965	1967
Atlas E/F-Agena	United States	Convair/General Dynamics/Lockheed	34 m	1,000		390 to TLI	No	1	VAFB	1978	1978
Atlas E/F-Altair-3A	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	27.3 m	210			No	1	VAFB	1990	1990
Atlas E/F-Burner-2	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	28.9 m	950			No	1	VAFB	1972	1972
Atlas E/F-MSD	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	27.3 m	800			No	4	VAFB	1976	1980
Atlas E/F-OIS	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	28.7 m	870			No	2	VAFB	1979	1985
Atlas E/F-OV1	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	26.5 m	363			No	4	VAFB	1968	1971
Atlas E/F-PTS	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	26.5 m	295			No	1	VAFB	1974	1974
Atlas E/F-SGS-1	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	29 m	450			No	8	VAFB	1977	1981
Atlas E/F-SGS-2	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	29 m	770			No	4	VAFB	1983	1985
Atlas E/F-Star-17A	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	27.4 m	N/A		800 to MPEO	No	1	VAFB	1975	1975
Atlas E/F-Star-37S	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	29 m	N/A		1,100 to SSO	No	19	VAFB	1978	1995
Atlas-F Agena-D	United States	Convair/General Dynamics	34 m	N/A		2,300 to Polar	No	1	VAFB	1978	1978
Atlas G	United States	Lockheed	43.9 m	5,900^[151]	2,222	1,179 to HCO^[151]	No	7^[151]	CCSFS	1984	1989
Atlas H MSD	United States	Lockheed	27 m	3,630^[152]			No	5	VAFB	1983	1987
Atlas LV-3B	United States	Convair	28.7 m	1,360			No	9	CCSFS	1960	1963
Atlas SLV-3	United States	Convair	33.3 m				No	63	VAFB, CCSFS	1966	1983
Atlas SLV-3 Burner-2	United States	Convair	30.3 m	~1,000			No	1	VAFB	1968	1968
Atlas I	United States	Lockheed Martin	43.9 m	5,900^[151]	2,340^[151]		No	11^[151]	CCSFS	1990	1997
Atlas II	United States	Lockheed Martin	47.5 m	6,780^[151]	2,810	2,000 to HCO^[151]	No	10^[151]	VAFB, CCSFS	1991	1998
Atlas IIA	United States	Lockheed Martin	47.5 m	7,316^[151]	3,180	2,160 to HCO^[151]	No	23^[151]	VAFB, CCSFS	1992	2002
Atlas IIAS	United States	Lockheed Martin	49 m	8,618^[151]	3,833	2,680 to HCO^[151]	No	30^[151]	VAFB, CCSFS	1993	2004
Atlas IIIA	United States	Lockheed Martin	52.5 m	8,686^[151]	4,060	2,970 to HCO^[151]	No	2^[151]	CCSFS	2000	2004
Atlas IIIB/DEC	United States	Lockheed Martin	53.7 m	10,759^[151]	4,609^[151]		No	1^[151]	CCSFS	2002	2002
Atlas IIIB/SEC	United States	Lockheed Martin	54.7 m	10,218^[153]	4,193^[151]		No	3^[151]	CCSFS	2003	2005
Atlas V 401	United States	ULA	57.3 m	9,050^[154]	4,950	6,670 to SSO	No	41^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2002	2022
Atlas V 411	United States	ULA	58.2 m	9,050^[154]	6,075	8,495 to SSO	No	6^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2006	2020
Atlas V 421	United States	ULA	59.1 m	9,050^[154]	7,000	9,050 to SSO	No	9^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2007	2022
Atlas V 431	United States	ULA	59.1 m	9,050^[154]	7,800	9,050 to SSO	No	3^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2005	2016
Atlas V 501	United States	ULA	62.5 m	8,250^[154]	3,970	5,945 to SSO 1,500 to GEO	No	8^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2010	2023
Atlas V 511	United States	ULA	62.5 m	11,000^[154]	5,250	7,820 to SSO 1,750 to GEO	No	1^[155]	VAFB, CCSFS	2022	2022
Atlas V 521	United States	ULA	59.7 m	13,300^[154]	6,485	9,585 to SSO 2,760 to GEO	No	2^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2003	2004
Atlas V 531	United States	ULA	59.7 m	15,300^[154]	7,425	11,160 to SSO 3,250 to GEO	No	5^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2010	2022
Atlas V 541	United States	ULA	59.7 m	17,100^[154]	8,240	12,435 to SSO 3,730 to GEO	No	9^[154]	VAFB, CCSFS	2011	2022

Retired Delta rockets

Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	Mass to ... (kg)			Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	Date of flight
Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	LEO	GTO	Other	Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	First	Last
Delta 0300	United States	McDonnell Douglas	34 m		340^[156]	747 to SSO^[157]	No	3^[158]	VAFB	1972	1973^[159]
Delta 0900	United States	McDonnell Douglas	34 m	1,300^[160]		818 to SSO^[158]	No	2^[158]	VAFB	1972	1972
Delta 1410	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	340^[161]			No	1^[158]	VAFB	1975	1975
Delta 1604	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	390^[162]			No	2^[158]	CCSFS	1972	1973
Delta 1900	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	1,800^[158]			No	1^[158]	VAFB	1973	1973
Delta 1910	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	1,066^[163]			No	1^[158]	CCSFS	1975	1975
Delta 1913	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	328^[164]			No	1^[158]	CCSFS	1973	1973
Delta 1914	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m		680^[165]		No	2^[158]	CCSFS	1972	1973
Delta 2310	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	336^[166]			No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1974	1981
Delta 2313	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m			243 to GEO^[167]	No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1974	1977
Delta 2910	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	1,887^[158]			No	6^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1975	1978
Delta 2913	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	2,000^[168]	700^[168]		No	6^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1975	1976
Delta 2914	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m		724^[158]		No	30^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1974	1979
Delta 3910	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	2,494^[158]	1,154 with PAM-D		No	10^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1980	1988
Delta 3913	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	816^[169]			No	1^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1981	1981
Delta 3914	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m		954^[158]		No	13^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1975	1987
Delta 3920	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	3,452^[158]	1,284 with PAM-D		No	10^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1982	1989
Delta 3924	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m		1,104^[158]		No	4^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1982	1984
Delta 4925	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	3,400^[170]	1,312^[158]		No	2^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1989	1990
Delta 5920	United States	McDonnell Douglas	35.2 m	3,848^[171]			No	1^[158]	VAFB	1989	1989
Delta II 6920	United States	McDonnell Douglas	38.8 m	3,983^[158]			No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1990	1992
Delta II 6925	United States	McDonnell Douglas	39.4 m	1,447	1,447^[158]		No	14^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1989	1992
Delta II 7320	United States	Boeing IDS / ULA	38.9 m	2,865^[158]		1,651 to SSO	No	12^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1999	2015
Delta II 7326	United States	Boeing IDS	38.4 m		934^[158]	636 to TLI 629 to HCO	No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1998	2001
Delta II 7420	United States	ULA	39 m	3,185^[158]		1,966 to SSO	No	14^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1998	2018
Delta II 7425	United States	Boeing IDS	39 m		1,100^[158]	804 to HCO	No	4^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1998	2002
Delta II 7426	United States	Boeing IDS	39 m		1,058^[158]	734 to TLI 711 to HCO	No	1^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1999	1999
Delta II 7920	United States	Boeing IDS / ULA	39.4 m	5,030^[158]		3,123 to SSO	No	29^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1998	2017
Delta II 7925	United States	Boeing IDS / ULA	39.4 m		1,819^[158]	1,177 to TLI 1,265 to HCO	No	69^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	1990	2009
Delta II-H 7920H	United States	Boeing IDS / ULA	39 m	6,097^[158]			No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	2003	2011
Delta II-H 7925H	United States	Boeing IDS / ULA	39.8 m		2,171	1,508 to HCO^[158]	No	3^[158]	VAFB, CCSFS	2003	2007
Delta III 8930	United States	Boeing IDS	39 m	8,292^[158]	3,810		No	3^[158]	CCSFS	1998	2000
Delta IV Heavy	United States	ULA	72 m	28,370^[172]	14,210^[172]	23,560 to polar^[172] 11,290 to TLI 8,000 to TMI	No	16^[173]	VAFB, CCSFS	2004	2024
Delta IV M	United States	Boeing IDS	61.3 m	9,440^[172]	4,440	7,690 to polar	No	3^[173]	VAFB, CCSFS	2003	2006
Delta IV M+(4,2)	United States	ULA	61.3 m	13,140^[172]	6,390	10,250 to polar	No	14^[173]	VAFB, CCSFS	2002	2019
Delta IV M+(5,2)	United States	ULA	65.5 m	11,470^[172]	5,490	9,600 to polar	No	3^[173]	VAFB, CCSFS	2012	2018
Delta IV M+(5,4)	United States	ULA	65.5 m	14,140^[172]	7,300	11,600 to polar	No	8^[173]	VAFB, CCSFS	2009	2019

Retired Thor rockets

Vehicle	Origin	Manufacturer	Height	Mass to ... (kg)	Reuse	Launches (+ suborbital)	Launch Sites	Date of flight
LEO	GTO	Other	First	Last
Thor-Able I	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	26.9 m	250			No	3	CCSFS	1958	1958
Thor-Able II	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	27.3 m	270			No	4	CCSFS	1959	1960
Thor-Able III	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	27.4 m			~64 to HEO	No	1	CCSFS	1959	1959
Thor-Able IV	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	27.2 m			~43 to Heliocentric	No	1	CCSFS	1960	1960
Thor Agena-A	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	22.7 m	860			No	16	VAFB	1959	1960
Thor Agena-B	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	26.3 m	1,200			No	21	VAFB	1962	1965
Thor Agena-D	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	29.3 m	1,150			No	22	VAFB	1962	1967
Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	32.9 m	2,000			No	30	VAFB	1966	1971
Thorad SLV-2H Agena D	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	34 m	2,000			No	13	VAFB	1969	1972
Thor-Burner-1 MG-18	United States	Douglas	23 m	770		150-300 to MEO	No	2	VAFB	1965	1965
Thor-Burner-1 Altair-3	United States	Douglas	~24 m	>73			No	4	VAFB	1965	1966
Thor-Burner-2	United States	Douglas	22.4 m			250 to MEO	No	12	VAFB	1966	1971
Thor-Burner-2A	United States	Douglas	23.5 m			300 to MEO	No	8	VAFB	1971	1976
Thor-Delta	United States	Douglas	31 m	226	45		No	12	CCSFS	1960	1962
Thor-Delta A	United States	Douglas	31 m	250	68		No	2	CCSFS	1962	1962
Thor-Delta B	United States	Douglas	31 m	370	68		No	9	CCSFS	1962	1964
Thor-Delta C	United States	Douglas	27.5 m	81			No	11	CCSFS	1963	1967
Thor-Delta C1	United States	Douglas	27.5 m	81			No	2	CCSFS	1966	1969
Thor-Delta D	United States	Douglas	32 m	450	104		No	2	CCSFS	1964	1965
Thor-Delta E	United States	Douglas	31 m	540	150		No	6	VAFB, CCSFS	1965	1967
Thor-Delta E1	United States	Douglas	28 m	540	205		No	17	VAFB, CCSFS	1966	1971
Thor-Delta G	United States	Douglas	30 m	650			No	2	CCSFS	1966	1967
Thor-Delta J	United States	Douglas	31 m	260	263		No	1	VAFB	1968	1968
Thor-Delta L	United States	Douglas	35 m	356	300		No	2	VAFB, CCSFS	1969	1972
Thor-Delta M	United States	Douglas	34 m	356	355		No	12	CCSFS	1968	1971
Thor-Delta M6	United States	Douglas	32.4 m	454	450		No	1	CCSFS	1971	1971
Thor-Delta N	United States	Douglas	33 m	900			No	6	VAFB, CCSFS	1968	1972
Thor-Delta N6	United States	Douglas	33 m	1,600			No	3	VAFB	1970	1971
Thor-DM21 Able-Star	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	29 m	150			No	11	CCSFS	1960	1962
Thor-DSV2A Able-Star	United States	Douglas/Aerojet	29 m	150			No	8	VAFB	1963	1965
Thor-ISS	United States	Douglas/Thiokol	23 m			500 to MEO	No	5	VAFB	1976	1980
Thor-SLV2A Agena-B	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	31 m	400			No	2	VAFB	1963	1966
Thor-SLV2A Agena-D	United States	Douglas/Lockheed	29.3 m	1,500			No	60	VAFB	1963	1968

Notes

↑ Reference altitude 500 km
↑ First suborbital test in 1969, first orbital launch attempt in 1970
1 2 Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.^{[citation needed]}
↑ Without Buran, and assuming payload providing orbital insertion
1 2 The U.S. Space Shuttle Transportation System and the Soviet Energia-Buran system consist of launch vehicle rockets and returnable spaceplane orbiter. Payload values listed here are for the mass of the payload in cargo bay of the spaceplanes, excluding the mass of the spaceplanes themselves.
↑ The SpaceX website lists the F9 payload to LEO as 13,150kg. The payload to GTO is listed as 4,850kg. However, SpaceX has stated that these numbers include a 30% margin to accommodate re-usability.
↑ 5,100 kg to a 500-km Sun-synchronous orbit; 3,300 kg to 800 km^[36]^: 64–65
↑ Despite not being officially acknowledged by the manufacturer, significant changes between different iterations of the rocket lead to the identification of different variants.^{[citation needed]}
↑ Suborbital test flights in 1995, 1997 and 2002, no orbital launches attempted
↑ The N1 rocket was initially designed for 75 t LEO capacity and launch attempts were made with this version, but there were studies to increase the payload capacity to 90–95 t, if a liquid-hydrogen upper stage engine could be developed.
↑ A suborbital test flight was conducted in May 2018.^[64]
↑ The Saturn V made 13 launches, 12 of which reached the correct orbits, and the other (Apollo 6) reached a different orbit than the one which had been planned; however, some mission objectives could still be completed; NASA, Saturn V News Reference, Appendix: Saturn V Flight History (1968) Archived 2011-05-17 at the Wayback Machine. For more information, see the Saturn V article. The Saturn V launch record is usually quoted as having never failed, e.g. "The rocket was masterminded by Wernher Von Braun and did not fail in any of its flights", Alan Lawrie and Robert Godwin; Saturn, but the Apollo 6 launch should be considered a partial mission failure. The 13th launch of Saturn V was in special configuration (SA-513) with the Skylab.
↑ A prior version of the SS-520 flew twice as a suborbital sounding rocket in 1998 and 2000. In 2017, the addition of a small third stage enabled orbital launches of ultra-light nano- or picosatellites.^[106]
↑ Reference altitude 400 km
↑ A suborbital test flight failed in 2006. The first two orbital missions failed in 2009 and 2012, and the rocket finally reached orbit in late 2012.^[130]
↑ A third rocket exploded before launch.
↑ First orbital launch attempt in 2005

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 2^† Chollima-1 Electron Eris^† Falcon 9 Block 5 Falcon Heavy Firefly Alpha Gravity-1 GSLV H3 HANBIT-NANO^† 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 6C 7 7A 8 11 11H 12 12A LVM3 Minotaur I IV V C New Glenn Nuri OS-M1^† Pegasus XL Proton-M PSLV Qaem 100 Qased Shavit 2 Simorgh SLS Block 1 Soyuz-2 2.1a / STA 2.1b / STB Spectrum^† SSLV Starship Tianlong-2 Unha Vega C Vulcan Centaur Zhuque 2E 3
In development	Antares 330 Bloostar Blue Whale 1 Cyclone-4M Deca Eclipse Epsilon S Gravity-2 Hyperbola-2 Irtysh Kinetica 2 2H 3 KSLV-III Kuaizhou 21 31 Long March 9 10 Miura 5 Neutron New Line 1 NGLV Nova OS-M 2 4 Pallas-1 Red Dwarf RFA One SLS Block 1B Block 2 Soyuz-7 Terran R Tianlong-3 VLM Vega E Zero 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-IIA 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 2-1v Soyuz/Vostok Sputnik Voskhod Vostok L K 2 2M R-29 Shtil' Volna^† Rocket 3 RS1^† 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^† 2
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)

Comparison of retired orbital launch systems

Retired Atlas rockets

Retired Delta rockets

Retired Thor rockets

Notes

References

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