Minotaur IV, also known as Peacekeeper SLV and OSP-2 PK, is a US small-lift launch vehicle operated by Northrop Grumman that repurposes the motors of the retired LGM-118 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile. It measures 23.88…
The Falcon 9 is the launcher that rewrote the rules of space access: a two-stage rocket whose first stage comes back, lands upright and flies again — something the industry considered economically impossible until SpaceX made it…
The Long March 2F/G is the upgraded configuration of the Long March 2F that China now uses for all of its crewed flights. The CZ-2F is a human-rated, two-stage, hypergolic-fuelled medium-lift launcher developed by CALT; it has launched the…
Angara-1.2 is a Russian two-stage small-lift launch vehicle built by Khrunichev and part of the Angara family. It is sized to place up to 3.5 t into low Earth orbit and up to 2.4 t into Sun-synchronous orbit, standing about 41.5 m tall…
The Long March 6 (Chang Zheng 6, abbreviated CZ 6 inside China and LM 6 for export) is a Chinese liquid-fuelled launch vehicle of the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation together with the…
The Long March 7 (Chang Zheng 7 in pinyin, abbreviated CZ-7 inside China and LM-7 for export) is a Chinese liquid-fuelled medium-lift launch vehicle of the Long March family, developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology…
The Long March 5 (Chang Zheng 5, CZ-5), nicknamed in China "Pang-Wu" (胖五, "Fat-Five"), is the heavy-lift launcher developed by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). It is the most powerful Long March rocket ever built and…
Authors of the study:
Richard French, Christophe Mandy, Richard Hunter, Ehson Mosleh, Doug Sinclair, Peter Beck, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski, Christopher E. Carr, David H. Grinspoon, Darrel Baumgardner, and on behalf of the Rocket Lab Venus Team (CC BY), vía commons
Electron is a two-stage small orbital launch vehicle developed by Rocket Lab, an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider with roots in both New Zealand and the United States. It stands 18 m tall, measures 1.2 m in diameter and…
Falcon Heavy is a partially reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle designed, manufactured and operated by the American company SpaceX. Its architecture consists of a center core onto which two Falcon 9-derived boosters are attached, with…
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